Consent and Capacity Board

An independent provincial tribunal, the Consent and Capacity Board's (CCB) mission is the fair and accessible adjudication of consent and capacity issues, balancing the rights of vulnerable individuals with public safety. The CCB's key areas of activity are the adjudication of matters of capacity, consent, civil committal and substitute decision making. Most applications to the CCB are for a review of involuntary status in a psychiatric facility, a review of a finding of incapacity to consent to treatment, or a review of a Community Treatment Order.The Consent and Capacity Board is a quasi-judicial administrative tribunal which operates at arm's length from the Ministry of Health under the authority of the Health Care Consent Act. The Board convenes hearings and makes decisions under six Acts including the Health Care Consent Act, the Mental Health Act, the Substitute Decision Act, the Personal Health Information Protection Act, the Child Youth and Family Services Act and the Mandatory Blood Testing Act. Hearings are adjudicated by members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in panels of one, three or five. Hearings convene within seven days of an application and decisions are issued within one day of the conclusion of a hearing.