What Mental Health Act Form 5 asks for — and how to autofill 014-1972-41 with my-id.ca
Record a change to informal or voluntary status without retyping patient details
Officers-in-charge documenting a change to informal or voluntary patient status under subsection 20(7) repeat patient name, facility identifiers, and officer-in-charge details on Form 5. 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 5 — Change to Informal or Voluntary Status (subsection 20(7)) — 014-1972-41
What this form is about
Form 014-1972-41 is Form 5 — Change to Informal or Voluntary Status under subsection 20(7) of the Mental Health Act, used when a patient's status changes from involuntary to informal or voluntary.
Before you start: what to gather
- Patient full legal name and date of birth.
- Psychiatric facility name, address, and contact.
- Officer-in-charge name and contact details.
- Status change date and supporting documentation — confirm on ontario.ca.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your patient 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
- Who completes Form 5?
- The officer-in-charge when subsection 20(7) authorizes a status change — confirm procedures on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills patient names and facility addresses across Mental Health Act status forms.
- Is notice to the patient required?
- Facilities must follow notice and rights advice rules — confirm on ontario.ca.
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.