What Mental Health Act Form 42 asks for — and how to autofill 014-1787-41 with my-id.ca
Notify a person of a psychiatric assessment application without retyping details
Facilities notifying a person under subsection 38.1 of an application for psychiatric assessment under section 15 or an order under section 32 repeat names, facility identifiers, and application details on Form 42. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Mental health services — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Form 42 — Notice of Application for Psychiatric Assessment (subsection 38.1) — 014-1787-41
What this form is about
Form 014-1787-41 is Form 42 — Notice to Person under subsection 38.1 of the Act of Application for Psychiatric Assessment under Section 15 or an Order under Section 32 of the Mental Health Act.
Before you start: what to gather
- Person's full legal name and date of birth.
- Psychiatric facility name, address, and contact.
- Officer-in-charge name and contact details.
- Application or order reference and hearing information — confirm on ontario.ca.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your person name and facility or officer-in-charge details in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- When is Form 42 used?
- When subsection 38.1 requires notice of a section 15 application or section 32 order — confirm on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills names and facility addresses across Mental Health Act notices.
- Is this the same as Form 1?
- Form 1 is the physician's application for psychiatric assessment; Form 42 is notice to the person affected.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.