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Part 1 - Mental Health Service System
§ 33-6-101. Applicability of Title to Persons With Mental Illness and Serious Emotional Disturbance - Services to persons with mental illness and serious emotional disturbance...
§ 33-6-102. Development of System — Purpose - The department shall maintain a system to assure the most...
§ 33-6-108. Admissions to a State-Owned or Operated Hospital or Treatment Resource - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all admissions or...
§ 33-6-109. Quarterly Report on the Implementation and Impact of Available Suitable Accommodations - The department shall report quarterly to the health committee of...
Part 2 - Voluntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment
§ 33-6-202. Admission Upon Finding of Need for Hospitalization - Upon application, if an examination by an admitting physician determines...
§ 33-6-203. Limitations on Admission of Child - No unemancipated child may be admitted under this part for...
§ 33-6-204. Admissions Review Committee — Members — Expenses - The admissions review committee consists of four (4) persons. Two...
§ 33-6-205. Approval of Commitment - The admissions review committee shall approve continued hospitalization by a...
§ 33-6-207. Procedure for Release Following Request - If the chief officer receives a request for discharge under...
§ 33-6-208. Notification of Parent, Guardian or Custodian Prior to Release of Child - The chief officer shall notify the parent, legal guardian, or...
Part 3 - Persons With Severe Impairments
§ 33-6-301. “Severe Impairment” Defined - For purposes of this part, unless the context requires otherwise,...
§ 33-6-303. Examination of Person - A physician shall examine the person as soon as practicable...
§ 33-6-304. Detention Following Finding of Severe Impairment - IF AND ONLY IF THEN
§ 33-6-305. Extended Detention After Confirmation of Initial Finding - IF AND ONLY IF THEN
§ 33-6-306. Notice of Status and Rights as Service Recipient - At the time of admission to an extended observation bed,...
§ 33-6-307. Request for Release - If the person or anyone acting on the person's behalf...
§ 33-6-308. Release of Person No Longer in Need of Immediate Care - If at any time it is determined that the person...
§ 33-6-309. Admission of Person to Treatment Facility Beyond Seventy-Two Hour Period - If at any time within the seventy-two hour period it...
§ 33-6-310. Monitoring of Admissions to Ensure Service Recipients' Rights - The department shall monitor admissions under this part to assure...
§ 33-6-311. Service Under This Part Not Substitute for Outpatient Care - Service under this part shall not be used instead of...
Part 4 - Emergency Involuntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment
§ 33-6-401. Emergency Detention - IF AND ONLY IF THEN
§ 33-6-402. Detention Without Warrant Authorized - If an officer authorized to make arrests in the state,...
§ 33-6-403. Admission to Treatment Facility - IF AND ONLY IF THEN
§ 33-6-404. Certificate of Need for Emergency Treatment and Transportation - IF THEN
§ 33-6-408. Admission of Person Already at Treatment Facility - If the person has been certified as subject to admission...
§ 33-6-410. Admission of Detainee to State Facility - If the chief officer of a state hospital or treatment...
§ 33-6-411. Admission of Detainee to Private or Local Facility With Contractual Relationship With State - IF THEN
§ 33-6-412. Admission of Detainee to Other Private or Local Facility — Payment for Services - IF THEN
§ 33-6-414. Detention for Twenty-Four (24) Hours if Judge Not Available - If the judge is not available and all other provisions...
§ 33-6-415. Treatment Not to Render Defendant Unable to Participate in Probable Cause Hearing - Pending the probable cause hearing under § 33-6-422, no treatment...
§ 33-6-416. Order of Admission — Notice to Next of Kin or Representative - If the court orders the admission of the defendant for...
§ 33-6-417. Release or Transfer Prior to Hearing - If the defendant is released under § 33-6-705 or this...
§ 33-6-418. Procedure for Probable Cause Hearing - Probable cause proceedings under § 33-6-422 shall be conducted in...
§ 33-6-419. Notice to Court of Legal Representation — Appointment of Counsel - The defendant's attorney shall notify the court of the representation...
§ 33-6-420. Waiver of Hearing - If the defendant consents in writing to a waiver of...
§ 33-6-421. Filing of Certificates of Need - The chief officer shall file with the court, by the...
§ 33-6-422. Finding of Probable Cause — Involuntary Commitment for Care for Up to Fifteen (15) Days - If, after the hearing is waived or is completed and...
§ 33-6-423. Release of Defendant if Findings Not Made by Court - The court shall order the release of the defendant from...
§ 33-6-424. Release of Defendant if Chief Officer Determines Certificates of Need Not Supported by Facts - If the chief officer determines that the defendant's condition does...
§ 33-6-425. Detention Not to Be at Jail or Other Criminal Custodial Facility Unless Defendant Under Arrest for Crime - No defendant shall be detained at a jail or other...
§ 33-6-426. Certification by Physician Required - If a person who is not a licensed physician executes...
Part 5 - Nonemergency Involuntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment
§ 33-6-501. “Substantial Likelihood of Serious Harm” Defined - IF AND ONLY IF THEN
§ 33-6-502. Prerequisites to Judicial Commitment for Involuntary Care and Treatment - IF AND ONLY IF THEN
§ 33-6-503. Two (2) Certificates of Need Required — Defendants Under Sixteen (16) Years of Age - No defendant may be judicially committed under this part, unless...
§ 33-6-504. Persons Who May File Complaint for Commitment Under This Part - The parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, conservator, spouse, or a...
§ 33-6-505. Commitment to State Facility - If the court commits a person under this section, the...
§ 33-6-506. Commitment to Other Public or Private Facility - If a licensed public hospital or treatment resource other than...
§ 33-6-507. Commitment to Contract Facility — Conformance With Contract - If a licensed private or local public hospital or treatment...
§ 33-6-508. Commitment to Non-State Facility Where Third-Party Payment Has Been Arranged - IF THEN
§ 33-6-509. Suitable Accommodations Required - The chief officer of a facility to which a person...
§ 33-6-510. Person Eligible for Care as Armed Forces Veteran - If a person ordered to be hospitalized under this part...
Part 6 - Mandatory Outpatient Treatment
§ 33-6-601. Disclosure of Patient Information Relating to Outpatient Treatment - IF THEN
§ 33-6-602. Release From Hospitalization Subject to Outpatient Treatment - IF THEN
§ 33-6-604. Review of Plan - IF THEN
§ 33-6-605. Discharge of Patient — Notice to Court of Discharge Subject to Outpatient Treatment - THEN THEN THEN
§ 33-6-606. Amendment of Outpatient Treatment Plan - After discharge the qualified mental health professional may change the...
§ 33-6-607. Payment for Outpatient Services - If the person is indigent and is not eligible for...
§ 33-6-608. Admission to Treatment Facility — Outpatient Care Suspended — Outpatient Care Reinstituted Following Release - IF THEN
§ 33-6-609. Failure to Comply With Outpatient Treatment Plan — Action to Enforce - IF THEN
§ 33-6-611. Failure to Appear at Hearing — Custody Order — Transportation to Hospital — Admission — Notice to Attorney or Other Representative - IF THEN
§ 33-6-612. Failure to Appear Where No Affidavit by Qualified Mental Health Professional - IF THEN
§ 33-6-613. Substitution of Qualified Mental Health Professional - A person's qualified mental health professional shall appoint a qualified...
§ 33-6-615. Findings by Qualified Mental Health Professional — Recommitment — Notice to Representative, Next of Kin and Court - IF THEN
§ 33-6-616. Recommitment Hearing - The court where the hospital is located is vested with...
§ 33-6-617. Person Eligible for Discharge - If the person, upon being readmitted under this part, is...
§ 33-6-618. Rights of Defendant in Proceedings Under This Part - In judicial proceedings under this part the person with mental...
§ 33-6-619. Dismissal of Proceedings Pending Against Person Recommitted Under This Part - If a person is ordered to be rehospitalized for noncompliance...
§ 33-6-620. Termination of Legally Mandated Outpatient Care — Notice to Court - IF THEN
§ 33-6-621. Reinstatement of Mandatory Outpatient Care - IF THEN
§ 33-6-622. Hearing on Reinstatement Order - THEN
§ 33-6-623. Outpatient Treatment Obligation Limited to Six (6) Months - IF THEN
Part 7 - Discharge From Inpatient Treatment
§ 33-6-701. Review of Admitted Persons to Determine Eligibility for Discharge - The chief officer of a public or private hospital shall,...
§ 33-6-702. Request for Current Examination of Mental Condition — Payment - Any person hospitalized under a court order obtained under chapter...
§ 33-6-703. Discharge of Person Eligible for Release — Petition for Review Where One (1) or More Physicians Finds Admission No Longer Needed - If, after considering the reports of the physicians and other...
§ 33-6-705. Discharge of Person No Longer Meeting Standards for Admission - IF THEN
§ 33-6-706. Discharge of Involuntarily Committed Person — Person No Longer Mentally Ill or in Remission — Person Unlikely to Cause Harm — Voluntary Outpatient Treatment Possible - IF THEN THEN THEN
§ 33-6-707. Persons Eligible for Discharge Subject to Mandatory Outpatient Treatment - IF THEN
Part 8 - Sex Offenders
§ 33-6-801. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 33-6-802. Examination Upon Conviction for Sex Crime - Any person convicted of a sex crime shall be examined...
§ 33-6-803. Certification for Treatment - If, as a result of the examination provided for in...
Part 9 - Special Provisions for Mental Health Transportation -
Part 10 - Declarations for Mental Health Treatment
§ 33-6-1001. Declaration for Mental Health Treatment Authorized — Contents - A competent adult may make a declaration for mental health...
§ 33-6-1002. “Incapable of Making Mental Health Treatment Decisions” Defined - IF AND ONLY IF THEN a physician with expertise in...
§ 33-6-1006. Care Contrary to Declaration — Authorization by Review Committee — Emergency - IF AND ONLY IF
§ 33-6-1007. Declaration Superior to Powers of Conservator - If a conservator is appointed with powers over the person...
§ 33-6-1009. Effect of Declarations Executed in Another State - A declaration for mental health treatment that is validly executed...
§ 33-6-1010. Incorporation Into Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care - A declaration for mental health treatment may be expressed in...
§ 33-6-1011. Immunity for Actions Taken or Not Taken in Good Faith Reliance on Declaraton - A physician or mental health service provider who administers or...
§ 33-6-1012. Admission to Treatment Not to Be Conditioned on Execution of Declaration for Mental Health Treatment - No mental health service provider, medical service plan, health maintenance...