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§ 37.2-800. Applicability of chapter - For the purposes of this chapter, whenever the term mental...
§ 37.2-801. Admission procedures; forms - A. Any person alleged to have a mental illness to...
§ 37.2-802. Interpreters in admission or certification proceedings - A. In any proceeding pursuant to § 37.2-806 or §§...
§ 37.2-803. Special justices to perform duties of judge - The chief judge of each judicial circuit may appoint one...
§ 37.2-804. Fees and expenses - A. Any special justice, retired judge sitting by designation pursuant...
§ 37.2-804.1. Use of electronic communication - A. Petitions and orders for emergency custody and temporary detention...
§ 37.2-804.2. Disclosure of records - Any health care provider, as defined in § 32.1-127.1:03, or...
§ 37.2-805. (Effective until October 1, 2022) Voluntary admission - Any state facility shall admit any person requesting admission who...
§ 37.2-805. (Effective October 1, 2022) Voluntary admission - Any state facility shall admit any person requesting admission who...
§ 37.2-805.1. Admission of incapacitated persons pursuant to advance directives or by guardians - A. An agent for a person who has been determined...
§ 37.2-806. Judicial certification of eligibility for admission of persons with intellectual disability - A. Whenever a person alleged to have intellectual disability is...
§ 37.2-807. Emergency or respite care admissions to training centers - The Board may adopt regulations to provide for emergency and...
§ 37.2-808. Emergency custody; issuance and execution of order - A. Any magistrate shall issue, upon the sworn petition of...
§ 37.2-809. Involuntary temporary detention; issuance and execution of order - A. For the purposes of this section: "Designee of the...
§ 37.2-809.1. Facility of temporary detention - A. In each case in which an employee or designee...
§ 37.2-810. Transportation of person in the temporary detention process - A. In specifying the primary law-enforcement agency and jurisdiction for...
§ 37.2-811. Emergency treatment of inmates in the custody of local correctional facilities - A. In any case in which temporary detention is ordered...
§ 37.2-812. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2010, cc. 778 and 825, cl. 2.
§ 37.2-813. (Effective until October 1, 2022) Release of person prior to commitment hearing for involuntary admission - Prior to a hearing as authorized in §§ 37.2-814 through...
§ 37.2-813. (Effective October 1, 2022) Release of person prior to commitment hearing for involuntary admission - Prior to a hearing as authorized in §§ 37.2-814 through...
§ 37.2-814. Commitment hearing for involuntary admission; written explanation; right to counsel; rights of petitioner - A. The commitment hearing for involuntary admission shall be held...
§ 37.2-815. (Effective until October 1, 2022) Commitment hearing for involuntary admission; examination required - A. Notwithstanding § 37.2-814, the district court judge or special...
§ 37.2-815. (Effective October 1, 2022) Commitment hearing for involuntary admission; examination required - A. Notwithstanding § 37.2-814, the district court judge or special...
§ 37.2-816. Commitment hearing for involuntary admission; preadmission screening report - The district court judge or special justice shall require a...
§ 37.2-817. (Effective until October 1, 2022) Involuntary admission and mandatory outpatient orders - A. The district court judge or special justice shall render...
§ 37.2-817. (Effective October 1, 2022) Involuntary admission - A. The district court judge or special justice shall render...
§ 37.2-817.01. (Effective October 1, 2022) Mandatory outpatient treatment - A. Prior to ordering involuntary admission pursuant to § 37.2-817,...
§ 37.2-817.1. (Effective until October 1, 2022) Monitoring mandatory outpatient treatment; petition for hearing - A. The community services board where the person resides shall...
§ 37.2-817.1. (Effective October 1, 2022) Monitoring and court review of mandatory outpatient treatment - A. The community services board where the person resides shall...
§ 37.2-817.2. (Repealed effective October 1, 2022) Court review of mandatory outpatient treatment plan - A. The district court judge or special justice shall hold...
§ 37.2-817.3. Rescission of mandatory outpatient treatment order - A. If the community services board determines at any time...
§ 37.2-817.4. (Effective until October 1, 2022) Continuation of mandatory outpatient treatment order - A. At any time within 30 days prior to the...
§ 37.2-817.4. (Effective October 1, 2022) Continuation of mandatory outpatient treatment order - A. At any time within 30 days prior to the...
§ 37.2-818. Commitment hearing for involuntary admission; recordings and records - A. The district court judge or special justice shall make...
§ 37.2-819. Order of involuntary admission or mandatory outpatient treatment forwarded to CCRE; certain voluntary admissions forwarded to CCRE; firearm background check - A. The order from a commitment hearing issued pursuant to...
§ 37.2-820. Place of hearing - The hearing provided for pursuant to §§ 37.2-814 through 37.2-819...
§ 37.2-821. (Effective until October 1, 2022) Appeal of involuntary admission or certification order - A. Any person involuntarily admitted to an inpatient facility or...
§ 37.2-821. (Effective October 1, 2022) Appeal of involuntary admission or certification order - A. Any person involuntarily admitted to an inpatient facility or...
§ 37.2-822. Treatment of person admitted while appeal is pending - Whenever the director of any facility reasonably believes that treatment...
§ 37.2-823. Examination of admission papers by director; examination of persons admitted - A. Upon the receipt of any order for admission of...
§ 37.2-824. Periodic review of all persons for purposes of retention - The director of a state facility shall conduct a review...
§ 37.2-825. Admission raises no presumption of legal incapacity - The admission of any person to a facility shall not,...
§ 37.2-826. Disposition of nonresidents - If it appears that the person examined has a mental...
§ 37.2-827. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 244, cl....
§ 37.2-828. Receiving and maintaining federal prisoners in state facilities - The Commissioner is authorized to enter into a contract with...
§ 37.2-829. Transportation of person in civil admission process - When a person has volunteered for admission pursuant to §...
§ 37.2-830. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2009, cc. 112 and 697, cl. 2.
§ 37.2-831. Detention in jail after order of admission - It shall be unlawful for any sheriff, sergeant, or other...
§ 37.2-832. Persons with mental illness not to be confined in cells with criminals - In no case shall any sheriff or jailer confine any...
§ 37.2-833. Escape, sickness, death, or discharge of a person ordered to be involuntarily admitted while in custody; warrant for person escaping - If any person who has been ordered to be involuntarily...
§ 37.2-834. Arrest of certain persons involuntarily admitted - If a person involuntarily admitted to a facility escapes, the...
§ 37.2-835. Arrest without warrant - Any officer authorized to make arrests is authorized to make...
§ 37.2-836. Employees to accompany persons admitted voluntarily to facilities - When application is made to the director of a facility...
§ 37.2-837. Discharge from state hospitals or training centers, conditional release, and trial or home visits for individuals - A. Except for an individual receiving services in a state...
§ 37.2-838. Discharge of individuals from a licensed hospital - The person in charge of a licensed hospital may discharge...
§ 37.2-839. Exchange of information between community services boards or behavioral health authorities and state facilities - Community services boards or behavioral health authorities and state facilities...
§ 37.2-840. Transfer of individuals receiving services - A. The Commissioner may order the transfer of an individual...
§ 37.2-841. Admission of veteran to, or transfer to or from, a Veterans Affairs hospital, center, or other facility or installation - Whenever it appears that a person with mental illness is...
§ 37.2-842. Veterans admitted or transferred to Veterans Affairs hospital, center, or other facility or installation subject to rules; power and authority of medical officer in charge - Every veteran, after admission to a Veterans Affairs hospital, center,...
§ 37.2-843. Providing drugs or medicines for certain individuals discharged from state facilities - When any individual is discharged from a state facility and...
§ 37.2-844. Habeas corpus as means - A. Any person held in custody because of his mental...
§ 37.2-845. Procedure when person confined in facility or other institution - A. If the person referenced in § 37.2-844 is held...
§ 37.2-846. Procedure when person not confined in facility or other institution - A. In all cases, other than those provided for in...
§ 37.2-847. Duty of attorney for Commonwealth - In any case to test the legality of the detention...