Alaska Statutes
Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions
Chapter 30. Mental Health

Sec. 47.30.590. Patient rights and the confidential nature of records and information. - (a) The department shall adopt regulations to assure patient rights...

Sec. 47.30.610. Definitions. - In AS 47.30.520 - 47.30.610, (1) “authority” means the Alaska...

Sec. 47.30.620. Short title. - AS 47.30.520 - 47.30.620 may be cited as the Community...

Article 5. State Mental Health Policy.

Sec. 47.30.655. Purpose and principles of major revision. - The purpose of the 1981 major revision of Alaska civil...

Sec. 47.30.660. Cooperative powers and duties of the Department of Family and Community Services and the Department of Health. - (a) The Department of Family and Community Services and the...

Article 6. Voluntary Admission for Treatment.

Sec. 47.30.670. Criteria for voluntary admission. - A person 18 years of age or older may be...

Sec. 47.30.675. Required notices. - (a) Upon the application of a person for voluntary admission,...

Sec. 47.30.680. Required discharge. - A patient who no longer meets the standards established in...

Sec. 47.30.685. Request to leave; evaluation; 48-hour hold for commitment. - A voluntary patient who is 18 years of age or...

Sec. 47.30.690. Admission of minors under 18 years of age. - (a) A minor under the age of 18 may be...

Sec. 47.30.693. Notice to parent or guardian. - When a minor under 18 years of age is detained...

Sec. 47.30.695. Request by parent or guardian for release of minors under 18 years of age from detention and commitment. - The parent or guardian of a minor who is less...

Article 7. Involuntary Admission for Treatment.

Sec. 47.30.700. Initial involuntary commitment procedures. - (a) Upon petition of any adult, a judge shall immediately...

Sec. 47.30.705. Emergency detention for evaluation. - (a) A peace officer, health officer, mental health professional, or...

Sec. 47.30.707. Admission to and hold at a crisis stabilization center. - (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, when...

Sec. 47.30.708. Admission to and detention at a crisis residential center. - (a) A respondent who is delivered to a crisis residential...

Sec. 47.30.709. Rights of respondents at crisis stabilization centers and crisis residential centers; psychotropic medication; time. - (a) If, at any time during a respondent's hold at...

Sec. 47.30.710. Examination; hospitalization. - (a) A respondent who is delivered under AS 47.30.700 -...

Sec. 47.30.715. Procedure after order. - When an evaluation facility receives a proper order for evaluation,...

Sec. 47.30.720. Release before expiration of 72-hour period. - If at any time in the course of the 72-hour...

Sec. 47.30.725. Rights; notification. - (a) When a respondent is detained for evaluation under AS...

Sec. 47.30.730. Petition for 30-day commitment. - (a) In the course of the 72-hour evaluation period, a...

Sec. 47.30.735. 30-day commitment; hearing. - (a) Upon receipt of a proper petition for commitment, the...

Sec. 47.30.740. Procedure for 90-day commitment following 30-day commitment. - (a) At any time during the respondent's 30-day commitment, the...

Sec. 47.30.745. 90-day commitment hearing rights; continued commitment. - (a) A respondent subject to a petition for 90-day commitment...

Sec. 47.30.750. Conduct of hearing. - The hearing under AS 47.30.745 shall be conducted in the...

Sec. 47.30.755. Court order. - (a) After the hearing and within the time limit specified...

Sec. 47.30.760. Placement at closest facility. - Treatment shall always be available at a state-operated hospital; however,...

Sec. 47.30.765. Appeal. - The respondent has the right to an appeal from an...

Sec. 47.30.770. Additional 180-day commitment. - (a) The respondent shall be released from involuntary treatment at...

Sec. 47.30.772. Medication and treatment. - An evaluation facility or designated treatment facility may administer medication...

Sec. 47.30.775. Commitment of minors. - The provisions of AS 47.30.700 - 47.30.815 apply to minors....

Sec. 47.30.780. Early discharge. - (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, the...

Sec. 47.30.785. Authorized absences. - A respondent undergoing involuntary treatment on an inpatient basis under...

Sec. 47.30.790. Unauthorized absences: return to facility; required notice. - When a respondent undergoing involuntary treatment on an inpatient basis...

Sec. 47.30.795. Involuntary outpatient care for committed persons. - (a) A respondent who was originally committed to involuntary inpatient...

Sec. 47.30.800. Conversion of involuntary outpatient treatment to inpatient commitment. - (a) A respondent ordered by the court under the provisions...

Sec. 47.30.803. Conversion from involuntary to voluntary status. - A patient subject to involuntary hospitalization under AS 47.30.705, 47.30.735,...

Sec. 47.30.805. Computation, extension, and expiration of periods of time. - (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, (1)...

Sec. 47.30.810. Habeas corpus not limited. - Nothing in AS 47.30.660 - 47.30.915 may be construed as...

Sec. 47.30.815. Limitation of liability; bad faith application a felony. - (a) A person acting in good faith upon either actual...

Article 8. Patient Rights.

Sec. 47.30.817. Advance health care directives. - A health care provider or a health care institution may...

Sec. 47.30.825. Patient medical rights. - (a) A patient who is receiving services under AS 47.30.660...

Sec. 47.30.830. Prohibition of experimental treatments. - (a) Experimental treatments involving any significant risk of physical or...

Sec. 47.30.833. Nutritional evaluation; right to proper diet. - (a) A treatment facility shall conduct a nutritional evaluation of...

Sec. 47.30.835. Civil rights not impaired. - (a) A person may not deny to a person who...

Sec. 47.30.836. Psychotropic medication in non-crisis situation. - (a) An evaluation facility or designated treatment facility may not...

Sec. 47.30.837. Informed consent. - (a) A patient has the capacity to give informed consent...

Sec. 47.30.838. Psychotropic medication in crisis situations. - (a) Except as provided in (c) and (d) of this...

Sec. 47.30.839. Court-ordered administration of medication. - (a) An evaluation facility or designated treatment facility may use...

Sec. 47.30.840. Right to privacy and personal possessions; other rights. - (a) A person undergoing evaluation or treatment under AS 47.30.660...

Sec. 47.30.845. Confidential records. - Information and records obtained in the course of a screening...

Sec. 47.30.847. Patients' grievance procedures. - (a) A patient has the right to bring grievances about...

Sec. 47.30.850. Sealing records. - Following the discharge of a person from a treatment facility...

Sec. 47.30.851. Relief from legal disability. - (a) A person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm...

Sec. 47.30.855. Posting of rights. - The rights set out in AS 47.30.817 - 47.30.855 shall...

Sec. 47.30.860. Documents and notices in other languages. - When practicable, all documents and notices required by AS 47.30.660...

Sec. 47.30.865. Discrimination prohibited. - (a) The fact that a person is or has been...

Article 9. Miscellaneous Provisions.

Sec. 47.30.870. Transportation. - When a person is to be involuntarily committed to a...

Sec. 47.30.875. Residence; nonresident patients; interstate agreements. - (a) The admission papers of a person who is admitted...

Sec. 47.30.880. Interstate Compact on Mental Health ratified. - This state ratifies and adopts by reference “The Interstate Compact...

Sec. 47.30.885. Rights outside state. - Nothing in AS 47.30.660 - 47.30.915 alters or impairs the...

Sec. 47.30.890. Provision for personal needs upon discharge. - The department shall ensure that (1) a patient is not...

Sec. 47.30.895. Disposition of unclaimed property; recovery of personal property. - (a) Those unclaimed articles of personal property that are covered...

Sec. 47.30.900. Diligent inquiry; personal property delivery and claims. - The department shall make diligent inquiry in every instance after...

Sec. 47.30.905. Fees and expenses for judicial proceedings. - (a) The witnesses, expert witnesses, and the jury in commitment...

Sec. 47.30.907. Report to Department of Public Safety. - (a) Notwithstanding AS 47.30.845, when a superior court orders the...

Sec. 47.30.910. Payment of patient expenses. - (a) A patient, the patient's spouse, or the patient's parent...

Sec. 47.30.912. Regulations. - The department shall adopt regulations to implement AS 47.30.700 -...

Sec. 47.30.915. Definitions. - In AS 47.30.660 - 47.30.915, (1) “adjudication of mental illness...

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Alaska Statutes Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions Chapter 30. Mental Health

Alaska Statutes
Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions
Chapter 30. Mental Health