The provincial government wants to change the current language around involuntary care to make it clearer and more concise.

Currently, Section 31(1) of the Mental Health Act, which has been in place for more than 40 years, offers limited legal protection for front-line workers providing treatment to involuntary patients, according to the B.C. government.

The act’s wording has sometimes caused confusion about its intent, the government says, so officials are proposing replacing the language with a more modern and clearer liability-protection provision.

The proposed new provision “maintains and strengthens this protection, using more explicit and up-to-date language to clearly support the work of health-care providers,” the government stated in a release.

The government wants to clari

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