No person admitted voluntarily or involuntarily to a receiving facility or program or hospital under this subchapter shall be considered incapacitated per se by virtue of admission.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness
Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment
§ 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
§ 20-47-220. 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
§ 20-47-227. Exclusion from liability
§ 20-47-228. Assurance of compliance