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It shall be lawful for the Lieutenant-Governor in council, upon the report of the Commissioner of Crown due under 30 Lands, to grant, upon such terms as he may be pleased to V., c. 3. fix, the remission in whole or in part of the sums now due to the Crown in virtue of the act 38 Victoria, chapter 3. Return to Legislature. Coming into orce. 2. A detailed statement of the remissions made under this act shall be submitted to the Legislature during the first fifteen days of each session. 3. This act shall come into force on the day of its sanction. CAP. XXXIV. An Act respecting Lunatic Asylums in the Province of [Assented to 9th May, 1885.] ER Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of PRELIMINARY. CONTROL OF ASYLUMS. 1. Lunatic Asylums in the Province of Quebec are under Control of the control and supervision of the government. PAYSICIANS OF ASYLUMS-THEIR APPOINTMENT AND SALARIES. lunatic asylums. 2. For each of the asylums of Longue Pointe (St. Jean Appointment de Dieu) and Beauport, the Lieutenant Governor in of physicians. council appoints : 1. A medical superintendent; 2. A house physician, and 3. An assistant house physician. The medical superintendent and house physician are By whom paid. paid by the province. sistant house lums. The assistant house physician may be appointed upon Special provi the recommendation of the respective proprietors of the sion as to assaid St. Jean de Dieu and Beauport asylums, subject to the physicians of approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council; and in certain asythat case the salary of such physician shall be paid by them; and in case the said proprietors do not think proper to take advantage of this provision the assistant physician shall then be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in council and paid by the province. tendent. The salary of the medical superintendent shall not Salary of meexceed the sum of eighteen hundred dollars per annum. dical superinThe salary of the house physician shall not exceed the salary of house sum of eighteen hundred dollars per annum. physician. The salary of the assistant house physician shall not Salary of asexceed the sum of twelve hundred dollars per annum. sistant house physician. MEDICAL BOARD. 3. The medical superintendent, the house physician and Medical Board his assistant constitute a board called the "Medical Board constituted. of the (name) Lunatic Asylum. Name. The superintendent is chairman of the board and may Chairman and convene it whenever he deems necessary. convocation of board. Quorum. Room for board. The quorum of the board is two. 2. The proprietors of each asylum are obliged to furnish meetings of the board for its meetings a room in the establishment suitably furnished and as near as possible to the place where the chemists' stores are kept, which they are also obliged to supply. Power of board admissions POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE MEDICAL BOARD RESPECTING 4. In accordance with the provisions of the law, the to supervise medical board supervises the admission of patients into the asylum and their temporary or final discharge therefrom. and discharges.. To control the The board has control over the medical service, the clasmedical ser- sification of patients and the treatment to be given to them, as mentioned in section 6 of this act. vice. whole time House physi- The house physician and his assistant must devote the cians to devote whole of their time to the service of the patients and preto patients and scribe the treatment, medical or moral, approved by the their duties. board, which appears to it the most suitable to hasten or insure their cure. Clinical lec nity to be given. The medical superntendent or the house physician of tures on in sa the said asylum shall, with the consent of the proprietors, if the government require it, give, without additional salary, clinical lectures upon mental alienation, the length and number of which shall be determined by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. Monthly re REPORTS BY THE MEDICAL BOARD. 5. The medical superintendent shall, in the name of the ports by medi medical board, during the first days of each month, make a report to the provincial secretary. cal board. Its contents. Annual general report. Its contents. Such report shall indicate the number of patients admitted during the preceding month, their status and condition, the names of those who escaped or died, the state and condition of the patients in general, the names of those who may be discharged; and the report shall further contain all requisite or necessary observations and suggestions touching the improvement and condition of the patients, and the good working of the asylum. A complete general detailed report is also made each year, in the same manner, by the medical superintendent. Such general report shall indicate the number of patients admitted during the year, the number of those who have been temporarily or permanently discharged, the date of the admissions and discharges, the number and names of paying patients, the number of those cured or whose con dition has been improved, as well as of those who have died in the asylum or who have escaped; and such report shall mention in general all the improvements adopted or suggested either in the treatment or maintenance of the patients and all the information required by the Lieutenant Governor in council. INTERNAL DISCIPLINE OF ASYLUMS. Medical Board 6. Rules and regulations may be made by the Medical Power of Board, subject to the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor to make rules, in council, for the medical, moral and physical treatment &c., for certain of the patients which comprise medecines and prescriptions, purposes. restraint, classification, ventilation of buildings, regimen, diet, clothing and exercise. The house physician is bound to reside near the asylum Residence of the house phyand the assistant house physician in the asylum itself or sicians. in its immediate neighborhood. They are intrusted with the execution of the rules and Execution of regulations made and approved of as aforesaid by the Lieu- rules, &c. tenant-Governor in Council; the assistant shall help the house physician to carry out the orders given by him and replace him in case of absence or sickness. to carry out The proprietors of asylums, their superintendents, em- Duties of proployees and servants are bound to carry out the orders ofprietors, &c., the house physician or his assistant, respecting everything orders of house that concerns the medical treatment as herein before physician. enacted. The proprietors are further obliged to lodge the assistant Proprietor to house physician in a suitable manner. lodge assistant house physi Physicians may require dismissal of The house physician or his assistant may require the cian. proprietors of the asylum to dismiss the keepers, nurses and guardians, for incompetence or insubordination. In case of disagreement as to such dismissal, the decision keepers. rests with the inspector of asylums. PART FIRST. Inspector to decide in case of disagreement. ADMISSION OF INSANE PATIENTS WHOSE MAINTENANCE IS AT THEIR OWN CHARGES. patients. 7. Proprietors of lunatic asylums in the Province of Admission Quebec may, if they have been authorized by the Lieu- of private tenant Governor in council, receive in their establishment. the insane idiots and imbecile persons who, either by themselves, or their tutor, curator or the persons obliged by law to provide and care for them, are able to pay the expenses of their maintenance, sojourn and treatment. |