Arkansas Code
Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment
§ 20-47-216. Continuances

Continuances requested by either party for any hearing provided for in this subchapter shall be granted only for good cause shown. “Good cause” includes obtaining a separate and independent evaluation or expert testimony on behalf of the person sought to be involuntarily admitted or allowing hospitalization of the person for medical treatment not associated with the person's mental illness, disease, or disorder.

Structure Arkansas Code

Arkansas Code

Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare

Subtitle 3 - Mental Health

Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness

Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment

§ 20-47-201. Purpose — Policy

§ 20-47-202. Definitions

§ 20-47-203. Habeas corpus

§ 20-47-204. Voluntary admissions

§ 20-47-205. Jurisdiction of circuit court

§ 20-47-207. Involuntary admission — Original petition

§ 20-47-208. Role of prosecuting attorney

§ 20-47-209. Initial hearing — Failure to appear — Exceptions from appearance requirement

§ 20-47-210. Immediate confinement — Initial evaluation and treatment

§ 20-47-211. Notification of rights

§ 20-47-212. Appointment of counsel

§ 20-47-213. Evaluation — When performed and by whom — Transportation to place of evaluation

§ 20-47-214. Forty-five-day involuntary admission — Hearing

§ 20-47-215. Additional periods of involuntary admission — Petitions — Hearing

§ 20-47-216. Continuances

§ 20-47-217. Appeals

§ 20-47-218. Treatment

§ 20-47-219. Return of persons absent from treatment — Noncompliance with treatment plan — Effect on order

§ 20-47-220. Fundamental rights

§ 20-47-221. Patient or client advocate

§ 20-47-222. Transfer and admission of residents who become ill in another state

§ 20-47-223. Admission not adjudication of incapacity

§ 20-47-224. Conversion from involuntary to voluntary status

§ 20-47-225. Liability for charges

§ 20-47-226. Forms

§ 20-47-227. Exclusion from liability

§ 20-47-228. Assurance of compliance

§ 20-47-229. Restraint of Arkansas State Hospital patient

§ 20-47-230. Return of detained or involuntarily admitted person to state of residence — Reciprocal agreements