At the risk of repeating myself, we do not assess people when they are in crisis. At the ER, I have seen numerous patients who have reached a crisis point. Those patients who are going through an acute phase would not become eligible.
I will now put on my hat as a MAID provider and assessor.
When a patient goes through an acute suicidal crisis, he or she is not eligible for MAID. We assess a patient who may have had a cluster of repeated crises as well as long and frequent periods of hospitalization. Because that person is able and not suicidal, he or she will talk about their suffering. The patient would be assessed by an entire team and by his or her psychiatrist. We are not talking about a situation where the patient is acutely suicidal. These patients do not have access to MAID. There's not a single provider who would consider that such a patient would be eligible.