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===Mechanisms to restrict some visitors===
The Adult Guardianship Act allows health authorities to apply for an interim court order restricting a visitor’s access for up to 90 days. ([[{{PAGENAME}}#References|16]])However this can only occur when the health authority has reason to believe that the adult is being abused or neglected by that person, the situation has been investigated by the designated agency (health authority) , and the designated agency has successfully applied to court to put the restriction in place. ([[{{PAGENAME}}#References|17]])
The residential care regulations authorize the facility operator to control access to visitors in other specific narrow circumstances. For example, care facility staff can control access to residents for some infectious diseases. Also the operator must restrict or prohibit a person from accessing the resident “as necessary” in order to comply with a court order, e.g. a peace order/ restraining order, or an injunction. ([[{{PAGENAME}}#References|18]]) Having said that, an operator or the health authority may not use an injunction that a court issued to bar one visitor in one specific situation as implicit or explicit authority to bar other people in other circumstances.