Use of formal and/or informal measures by an audiologist or speech-language pathologist, in accordance with the member's scope of practice, to determine a patient/client’s functioning in a variety of areas of functional communication and/or swallowing or hearing, resulting in specific treatment recommendations.

Central auditory processing.

Capable means mentally capable, and “capacity” has a corresponding meaning.

Community Care Access Centre

Consent and Capacity Board.

Consultation with a patient/client encompasses any type of communication regarding a clinical intervention. While this would include face-to-face communication, it could also include telephone conversations, written communication, or information given through any other individual in a multidisciplinary setting. In instances where the patient/client does not respond, the act of forwarding the information will constitute an attempt at consultation.

One who is legally responsible for the care and management of the person or property of an incompetent or a minor.

Health Care Consent Act

Latin for “nil per os”, meaning nothing by mouth.

Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004.

A Power of Attorney for Personal Care is a legal document in which one person gives another person the authority to make personal care decisions on their behalf if they become mentally incapable.

Power of Attorney for Property is a legal document in which a person gives someone else the legal authority to make decisions about their finances. The person who is named as the attorney does not have to be a lawyer.

A guardian appointed by a court and is deemed to be an officer of the court. A public guardian may be appointed as guardian for many incompetent or incapacitated persons.

Refers to both electronic and paper formats.

Screening refers to the use of pass/refer measures by an audiologist or speech-language pathologist, in accordance with the member's scope of practice, to identify persons who may have a hearing, communication and/or swallowing disorder/delay. Screening is used only to determine the need for a speech-language pathology assessment and/or an audiological assessment. Screening may be conducted by a member or supportive personnel. Interpretation and communication of the results of a screening are limited to advising the individual on whether or not there may be a need for a speech-language pathology assessment and/or an audiological assessment and must not be used for treatment planning.

Substitute Decision Maker.

Under the HCCA, treatment is defined as anything that is done for a therapeutic, preventative, palliative, diagnostic, cosmetic, or other health-related purpose, and includes a Course of Treatment or Plan of Treatment. A Plan of Treatment means a plan that:

• is developed by one or more health practitioners,
• deals with one or more of the health problems that a person has and may, in addition, deal with one or more of the health problems that the person is likely to have in the future given the person’s current condition, and
• provides for the administration to the person of various treatments or courses of treatment and may, in addition, provide for the withholding or withdrawal of treatment in light of a person’s current health condition.

According to the HCCA, the following activities do not constitute treatment:

• The assessment of a person’s capacity:
  • to consent to service, admission to a care facility or a personal assistance service,
  • to manage property,
  • to be able to perform personal care
  • for any other purpose.
• The assessment or examination of a person to determine the general nature of a person’s condition.
• The taking of a person’s health history.
• The admission of a person to a hospital or other facility.
• A personal assistance service.

A trustee manages property that is held in trust. A trust is an arrangement in which one person holds the property of another for the benefit of a third party, called the beneficiary. The beneficiary is usually the owner of the property or a person designated as the beneficiary by the owner of the property.