- Part X of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act: A Guide to Access and Privacy for Service Providers
- Download the Part X guide and other resources
- Terms used in this guide
- Introduction
- Does Part X of the CYFSA apply to you?
- Collection, use, and disclosure of personal information
- Consent and capacity
- Safeguarding and managing personal information
- Access to records of personal information
- Correction of records
- Offences and immunity
- Definitions
- FAQs
- Back to Guidance for organizations
Determining an individual is incapable
When you determine that someone is incapable, it affects their right to make some or all decisions about their personal information. You must give the individual information about the consequences of this determination if it is reasonable to do so.69
The determination of incapacity is specific to an individual’s rights under Part X — it does not impact their right to make decisions about other matters unrelated to their personal information.
Service providers are responsible for determining capacity under Part X. However, people have a right to challenge determinations of incapacity through an application to the Consent and Capacity Board.70