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== C. Application for Long-Term Admissions ==
== C. Application for Long-Term Admissions ==


A person can be admitted to a facility by the director of a provincial health facility on receipt of two medical certificates, each completed  by a physician in accordance with s 22(2). The patient will be discharged one month after admittance unless the detention is renewed in  accordance with s 24 of the MHA.  
A person can be admitted to a facility by the director of a provincial health facility on receipt of two medical certificates (Form 4 under the ''MHR''), each completed  by a physician in accordance with s 22(2). The patient will be discharged one month after admittance unless the detention is renewed (Form 6 under the ''MHR'') in  accordance with s 24 of the MHA.


== D. Contents of Medical Certificates (''MHA'', s 22 (3)) ==
== D. Contents of Medical Certificates (''MHA'', s 22 (3)) ==