§334-61 Presumption; civil rights. No presumption of insanity or legal incompetency shall exist with respect to any patient by reason of the patient €™s admission to a psychiatric facility under this chapter. The fact of the admission shall not in itself modify or vary any civil right of any such person, including but not limited to civil service statutes or rights relating to the granting, forfeiture, or denial of a license, permit, privilege, or benefit pursuant to any law, or the right to dispose of property, execute instruments, make purchases, enter into contractual relationships, and to vote. If the administrator of a psychiatric facility or the deputy is of the opinion that a patient should not exercise any civil right, application for a show cause order shall be made to the court under the above proceedings after notice pursuant to section 334-60.4. [L 1976, c 130, pt of §4; am L 1977, c 76, pt of §3; am L 1985, c 68, §7]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism
334-2.5 Contracts for facilities and services.
334-3 Functions of department in mental health.
334-3.5 Employment program for the chronically mentally ill established.
334-4 Personnel for mental health program.
334-5 Confidentiality of records.
334-6 Fees; payment of expenses for treatment services.
334-7 Donations or grants to department.
334-10 State council on mental health.
334-12 Bilingual mental health services.
334-13 Representative payee program.
334-14 Group homes for substance abusers; source of funds; disposition of receipts.
334-15 Mental health and substance abuse special fund; established.
334-16 Annual report; forensic patient data.
334-21 Licensing of psychiatric facilities.
334-23 Money belonging to patients.
334-24 Admission; discharge; civil liability.
334-59 Emergency examination and hospitalization.
334-59.5 Notice of admissions, examinations, and hospitalizations.
334-60.1 Voluntary admission for nonemergency treatment or supervision.
334-60.2 Involuntary hospitalization criteria.
334-60.3 Initiation of proceeding for involuntary hospitalization.
334-60.7 Notice of intent to discharge.
334-61 Presumption; civil rights.
334-62 Service of process and papers upon patients.
334-71 Transfer of patients between facilities.
334-74 Transfer of residents of correctional facilities.
334-76 OLD REPEALED. §334-76 Discharge from custody.
334-82 Order to show cause; guardian ad litem.
334-86 Status of patient pending hearing.
334-104 Least restrictive level of service.
334-106 License or accreditation required.
334-121 Criteria for assisted community treatment.
334-121.5 Examination for assisted community treatment indication.
334-123 Initiation of proceeding for assisted community treatment.
334-123.5 Appointment of a guardian ad litem.
334-128 Treatment costs and fees.
334-129 Failure to comply with assisted community treatment.
334-130 Period of assisted community treatment.
334-131 Notice of intent to discharge.
334-132 Objection to discharge.
334-133 Petition for additional period of treatment; hearing.
334-134 Hearing for discharge.
334-143 Notice of hearing and service of petition on respondent.
334-144 Hearing and court order.
334-145 Treatment costs, fees, and costs for petition process.