or human rights protection; have full capacity of exercise; no criminal record; at least 5 years seniority as an employee of the organization. Based on the information provided by the staff of the “Sfanta Maria” Psychiatry Hospital of Vedea, Arges county, the management of the Association for the Patients’ Rights submitted requests to be included in the commission, but these did not receive a favourable answer. Upon request of the visit team, the hospital’s management failed to present the Single register of records of involuntary admissions, which should have existed, drawn up based on art. 16 of the Guideline for the enforcement of Law no. 487/2002, republished. In the hospital, the involuntary admission procedure was not enforced during 2017-2018 (until the date of the visit); the last involuntary admission was performed in June 2016. NPM representatives checked the enforcement of the involuntary admission procedure and found that: • the FOCG document (Foaia de ObservațieClinicăGenerală - General Clinical Observation Report) was not accompanied by the proof that the patient was informed on the involuntary admission measure (as provided by art. 58 par. (1) of Law no. 487/2002, republished: after assessing the mental health of the referred individual and after appreciating the opportunity of his/her involuntary admission, must immediately notify the concerned person and his/her legal representative (...) on the proposal to subject him/her to involuntary admission); • the relatives’ notification was informed (no legal/conventional representative was appointed for the patient), but this does not replace the obligation to inform the patient; • the proof of having provided the patient with the Involuntary Admission Decision of the Commission (as provided by art. 61 par. (5) of Law no. 487/2002, republished and art. 7 par. (20) of the Enforcement Guideline: the involuntary admission decision of the commission shall be mentioned in the patient’s medical records and shall be immediately notified in writing to him). • the patient’s records did not include: the proof of having provided the patient with the decision to maintain involuntary admission and the civil sentence by which the Judge’s Office of Pitesti confirmed medical admission; in the absence of 110

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