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{{Template:Legal Help Guide TOC}}A person may be detained against their will in a mental health facility for up to 48 hours if a physician examines the person and signs a certificate | {{Template:Legal Help Guide TOC}}A person may be detained against their will in a mental health facility for up to 48 hours if a physician examines the person and signs a certificate. The certificate must say that the person is suffering from a mental disorder and needs treatment, care, supervision and control by a mental health facility to prevent that person's substantial mental or physical deterioration or for the protection of that person or others. | ||
If a second physician signs a similar certificate, the person may be detained against their will for up to one month. | If a second physician signs a similar certificate, the person may be detained against their will for up to one month. |
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