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Hospitals can only treat voluntary patients if the patient consents to the specific treatment. If they are incapable of consenting, someone else can act as a temporary substitute decision maker (a “TDSM”) to consent for them. In order of priority, a TDSM could be their spouse, child, parent, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, any other person related to them by birth or adoption, a close friend, or a person immediately related to them by marriage. The TSDM must be at least 19 years old, must get along with the patient, and must have been in contact with the patient in the past 12 months. | Hospitals can only treat voluntary patients if the patient consents to the specific treatment. If they are incapable of consenting, someone else can act as a temporary substitute decision maker (a “TDSM”) to consent for them. In order of priority, a TDSM could be their spouse, child, parent, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, any other person related to them by birth or adoption, a close friend, or a person immediately related to them by marriage. The TSDM must be at least 19 years old, must get along with the patient, and must have been in contact with the patient in the past 12 months. | ||
The decision maker could also be the adult’s representative or committee. Consult script [[Adults and Consent to | The decision maker could also be the adult’s representative or committee. Consult script [[Adults and Consent to Health Care (Script 428)|428]] on “Adults and Consent to Health Care”, for details on consenting to medical treatment and substitute consent. Also consult script [[Committeeship (Script 426)|426]] on “Committeeship”, and script [[Power of Attorney and Representation Agreements (Script 180)|180]] on “Power of Attorney and Representation Agreements”. | ||
==What if a voluntary patient wants to leave the hospital?== | ==What if a voluntary patient wants to leave the hospital?== | ||
