Curateur public Request for Consent to Care (Québec)

When an adult represented by the Curateur public cannot consent to proposed care, the physician uses this request to obtain substitute consent from the Curateur public as legal representative. Companion requests cover a level of care or goals of care and control measures. The Curateur public's Direction médicale et du consentement aux soins reviews the request and sends its consent to the person named in the form's return section.

Who completes it

The professional proposing the care assesses the person's ability to consent and completes the request, and the physician who proposes the care signs the clinical description. There is no patient section, but the form records what the person and a relative were told and the wishes they expressed.

Submitting and payment

How to submit it
Fax the completed request to the Curateur public's Direction médicale et du consentement aux soins. Outside business hours, the Curateur public's on-call service handles urgent requests for consent to care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Good to know

  • Being represented does not remove the right to consent: if the professional finds the person able to consent to this care, the person consents alone and no request is needed.
  • If the person has a guardian other than the Curateur public, the form directs you to ask that guardian for consent instead of completing the request.
  • For routine care, vaccination and antiviral prophylaxis, and respiratory virus testing and isolation, the Curateur public issues standing consent letters when the person cannot consent and does not categorically refuse.
  • A categorical refusal by the represented person, or an unjustified refusal by the tutor, means care can only be given with court authorization, according to the Curateur public's fact sheet for physicians.

Get the official form

Download the current version from the source each time; forms change without notice.

Request for consent to care (also: to a level of care/goals of care, to control measures) – person represented by the Curateur public

Demande de consentement à un soin (aussi : à un niveau de soin ou objectif de soins; à des mesures de contrôle)

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Frequently asked questions

Who decides whether the patient can consent to care?

The professional proposing the care assesses the person's ability to consent to that specific care each time care is proposed, and records the result on page 2. Being represented by the Curateur public does not by itself make a person unable to consent. If the person is able, they consent themselves.

Is the request for consent to care available in French?

Yes. The Curateur public publishes it in French as Demande de consentement à un soin and in English, on its forms page for the health and social services network. The related requests for a level of care or goals of care and for control measures are also posted in both languages.

What clinical details does the Curateur public ask for?

Page 3 asks for the advantages and disadvantages of the care and possible alternatives, the diagnosis and medical history, and a general profile: ability to express needs, judgment and cognition, mobility, continence, autonomy in eating, bathing and dressing, activities and collaboration with care. The physician then signs and dates it.