Links: Law and Legislation

British Columbia:  

• British Columbia Legislative Assembly. Includes Legislative proceedings and documents; links to statutes and regulations
• A primer to BC's new health care consent legislation: the health care (consent) and care facility (admission) act. [PDF, 23 pages] BC Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors
• Guide to the mental health act. Ministry of Health Services 
• Mental health act forms. Ministry of Health Services
• Mental health policies: historical overview. [PDF, 11 pages] Legislative Library of British Columbia, 2008

Mental Health Law & Policy Institute (SFU)

British Columbia Courthouse Library Society: Legal news, legislation, court decisions, research guides

BC Laws: provides free public access to the current laws of British Columbia

BC Statutes Online:

• Adult guardianship act
• Community care facility act
• Forensic psychiatry act
• Health care (consent) and care facility (admission) act
• Health professions act
• Hospital act
• Medical practitioners act
• Mental health act
• Nurses (registered) and nurse practitioners regulation 
• Nurses (registered psychiatric) regulation 
• Patients property act
• Power of attorney act
• Public guardian and trustee act

Federal Laws, Canada. Department of Justice:

• Canada Health Act
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• Consolidated Statutes and Regulations of Canada 
• Criminal Code of Canada
• Part XX.1 Mental Disorder: Criminal Code of Canada

Other Resources:

• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
• Mental health law: an overview. Also provides links to mental health law decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School

Page last modified or reviewed December 3, 2009