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- Title: Community Treatment Orders and Nova Scotia - the Least Restrictive Alternative?
- Author : Health Law Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2003
- Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 286 KB
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Introduction Community treatment order, community committal, involuntary outpatient commitment, mandatory outpatient treatment, leave certificates: these are all similar terms used to define a legal tool or mechanism currently used in mental health reform legislation. Generally, a community treatment order [hereinafter CTO] is issued by a medical practitioner where there is legislative authority with the binding force of a court order. It compels a person with a serious mental disorder to comply with a treatment program in the community as an alternative to involuntary hospitalization. CTO terms are usually for a set period (i.e. 90 or 180 days) and can be renewed upon review.
