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absolute discharge

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absolute discharge
Etymology: L, absolutus, set free
a final and complete termination of the patient's relationship with a care-giving agency.


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Instead, a court or Review Board determines the appropriate disposition--an absolute discharge, a discharge with conditions or detention in hospital, based on several criteria set out in the Criminal Code.
The Review Board's decision to transfer Tulikorpi to a medium security facility in 2000 was appealed by the Ontario government to the Ontario Court of Appeal, whereby the Court referred the matter to the Review Board for a rehearing saying that the requirement in the Criminal Code of "the least onerous and restrictive" only applied to choosing among three outcomes--an absolute discharge, discharge subject to conditions or detention in a hospital subject to conditions.
 
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