Always document “CAIPS”
PDFs
Consider:
Medications
Handouts, Worksheets and Workbooks for Various Mental Disorders
Therapy Handouts
Health care providers have an ethical, professional, and legal responsibility to safeguard the personal health information of their patients. Absent a patient’s consent, such information should only be shared with others in exceptional circumstances (e.g., imminent risk of harm to others, danger to a child).
Checklist
The Motor Vehicles Act (Section 230) of British Columbia states that registered psychologists, optometrists and medical practitioners must report patients to the Office of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles (OSMV) if:
“No action for damages lies or may be brought against a psychologist, an optometrist or a medical practitioner for making a report under this section, unless the psychologist, optometrist or medical practitioner made the report falsely and maliciously.”
Fitness to Drive
Individuals may drive if:
Resources
“All registrants are required by law to report a child in need of protection. In the Child, Family and Community Service Act (CFCSA), a child is defined as someone under the age of 19.” – College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia
All circumstances of suspected child risk, abuse and neglect must be reported to appropriate child protection agencies at the time of assessment. If you are not sure whether reporting is necessary, you can call and discuss the situation without using the patient’s name. If child protective services advises that you must report, then identifying information must be given to them. There is someone available to receive your call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Reporting to an agency or organization can either be mandatory or permissive. Refer to the CPSO guidelines for full details. Mandatory reporting situations:
The Highway Traffic Act requires physicians report a patient when they are of opinion that the individual has a medical condition or functional impairment that may make it dangerous for them to operate a motor vehicle. This act was most recently updated in 2018, and has new mandatory reporting situations.
Key Terms:
Developmental Milestones
Form 3 (Certificate of Involuntary Admission)
Form 30 (Notice to Patient)
Form 33 (Notice to Patient - Incapacity)
Rights Advice Form (Request for Rights Advice Mental Health Inpatient)
Form 2 (Order For Examination)
Form 4 (Certificate of Renewal)
Form 5 (Change to Informal or Voluntary Status)
Form 9 (Order for Return)
A Form 10 or Form 11 needs to be completed if a patient is being transferred from one facility to another.
Form 10 (Transfer of Patient)
Form 11 (Transfer of Patient for Medical Treatment)
The Form 10 and Form 11 requires the signature of an Officer-in-Charge, and this can be any one of:
Form 21 (Certificate of Incapacity to Manage One's Property)
Form 45 (Community Treatment Order)
Form 47 (Order for Examination)
Form 49 (Notice/Intention to Start CTO)
Form 49 (Warrant of Committal)
Organizations
Counselling
Under 18:
Over 18:
PDFs:
Referrals and Services
Drug and Alcohol Helpline
Gerstein Substance Use Crisis Team + Beds
Organizations
Online
Lists
Emergency Shelters
Housing/Shelter Central Access Intake
Streets to Homes Assessment and Referral Centre
Multi-Disciplinary Outreach Team (M-DOT)
Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB)
Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
Ontario Works (OW)
CPP Disability Benefits
Employment Insurance (EI)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy