59-2956. Emergency observation; discharge. The head of the treatment facility shall discharge any person admitted pursuant to subsection (a) of K.S.A. 59-2954 and amendments thereto when the ex parte emergency custody order expires, and shall discharge any person admitted pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of K.S.A. 59-2954 and amendments thereto not later than the close of business of the first day that the district court is open for the transaction of business after the admission date of the person, unless a district court orders that such person remain in custody under an ex parte emergency custody order issued pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 59-2958 and amendments thereto, or a temporary custody order issued pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 59-2959 and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1996, ch. 167, ยง 12; Apr. 18.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 29 - Care And Treatment For Mentally Ill Persons
59-2945 Name and citation of act.
59-2948 Civil rights of persons subject to the provisions of this act.
59-2950 Discharge of a voluntary patient.
59-2951 Right to discharge of voluntary patient; procedure.
59-2952 Petition for involuntary commitment of a voluntary patient.
59-2953 Investigation; emergency detention; authority and duty of law enforcement officers.
59-2954 Emergency observation and treatment; authority of treatment facility's procedure.
59-2955 Notice of right to communicate upon admission; notice of admission; notice of rights.
59-2956 Emergency observation; discharge.
59-2958 Ex parte emergency custody order.
59-2959 Temporary custody order; request for; procedure.
59-2960 Preliminary orders; continuances and advancement of trial.
59-2961 Order for a mental evaluation; procedure.
59-2962 Mental evaluation; hearing in noncustodial circumstances.
59-2964 Continuance of hearings; order of referral for short-term treatment.
59-2965 Trial upon the petition; procedure.
59-2966 Order for treatment; dismissal.
59-2968 Admissions to a state psychiatric hospital; moratorium; procedure.
59-2969 Hearing to review status of patient; procedure.
59-2972 Transfer by secretary for aging and disability services.
59-2974 Notice of discharge; restoration of certain rights.
59-2975 Unauthorized absence; procedure.
59-2976 Administration of medications and other treatments.
59-2977 Restraints; seclusion.
59-2979 Disclosure of records.
59-2980 Civil and criminal liability.
59-2981 Costs; payment by residence county, when.
59-2982 Notice of death of patients in treatment facilities.
59-2983 Applicability to persons in custody on criminal charges.