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53-21-101. Purpose - 53-21-101. Purpose. The purpose of this part is to: (1)...
53-21-102. Definitions - 53-21-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following definitions...
53-21-103. Court records to be kept separate - 53-21-103. Court records to be kept separate. Records and papers...
53-21-104. Powers and duties of mental disabilities board of visitors - 53-21-104. Powers and duties of mental disabilities board of visitors....
53-21-105. Certification of professional persons required - 53-21-105. Certification of professional persons required. A person may not...
53-21-106. Certification of professional persons - 53-21-106. Certification of professional persons. (1) The department shall certify...
53-21-107. Abuse and neglect of persons admitted to mental health facility prohibited -- reporting -- investigations - 53-21-107. Abuse and neglect of persons admitted to mental health...
53-21-108. through 53-21-110 reserved - 53-21-108 through 53-21-110 reserved.
53-21-111. Voluntary admission -- content of admission form -- requirements for valid admission - 53-21-111. Voluntary admission -- content of admission form -- requirements...
53-21-112. Voluntary admission of minors - 53-21-112. Voluntary admission of minors. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision...
53-21-113. Costs of committing a patient already voluntarily admitted -- transportation costs for voluntary admission - 53-21-113. Costs of committing a patient already voluntarily admitted --...
53-21-114. Notice of rights to be given - 53-21-114. Notice of rights to be given. (1) Whenever a...
53-21-115. Procedural rights - 53-21-115. Procedural rights. In addition to any other rights that...
53-21-116. Right to be present at hearing or trial -- assignment of counsel - 53-21-116. Right to be present at hearing or trial --...
53-21-117. Right to representation by own attorney - 53-21-117. Right to representation by own attorney. The respondent or...
53-21-118. Right to examination by professional person of own choosing - 53-21-118. Right to examination by professional person of own choosing....
53-21-119. Waiver of rights - 53-21-119. Waiver of rights. (1) A person may waive the...
53-21-120. Detention to be in least restrictive environment -- preference for mental health facility -- court relief -- prehearing detention of mentally ill person prohibited - 53-21-120. Detention to be in least restrictive environment -- preference...
53-21-121. Petition for commitment -- contents of -- notice of - 53-21-121. Petition for commitment -- contents of -- notice of....
53-21-122. Petition for commitment -- filing of -- initial hearing on - 53-21-122. Petition for commitment -- filing of -- initial hearing...
53-21-123. Examination of respondent following initial hearing -- recommendation of professional person - 53-21-123. Examination of respondent following initial hearing -- recommendation of...
53-21-124. Detention of respondent pending hearing or trial -- jail prohibited - 53-21-124. Detention of respondent pending hearing or trial -- jail...
53-21-125. Request for jury trial - 53-21-125. Request for jury trial. At any time prior to...
53-21-126. Trial or hearing on petition - 53-21-126. Trial or hearing on petition. (1) The respondent must...
53-21-127. Posttrial disposition - 53-21-127. Posttrial disposition. (1) If, upon trial, it is determined...
53-21-128. Petition for extension of commitment period - 53-21-128. Petition for extension of commitment period. (1) (a) Not...
53-21-129. Emergency situation -- petition -- detention - 53-21-129. Emergency situation -- petition -- detention. (1) When an...
53-21-130. Transfer or commitment to mental health facility from other institutions - 53-21-130. Transfer or commitment to mental health facility from other...
53-21-131. Appeal procedure - 53-21-131. Appeal procedure. Appellate review of any order of short-term...
53-21-132. Cost of examination and commitment - 53-21-132. Cost of examination and commitment. (1) The cost of...
53-21-133. Transfer to nonstate facilities - 53-21-133. Transfer to nonstate facilities. (1) If a person is...
53-21-134. Receipt of nonresident person suffering from a mental disorder pending return to home state - 53-21-134. Receipt of nonresident person suffering from a mental disorder...
53-21-135. Terminated - 53-21-135. Terminated. Sec. 1, Ch. 541, L. 1989. History: En....
53-21-136. Terminated - 53-21-136. Terminated. Sec. 1, Ch. 541, L. 1989. History: En....
53-21-137. Terminated - 53-21-137. Terminated. Sec. 1, Ch. 541, L. 1989. History: En....
53-21-138. Renumbered 53-21-1201 - 53-21-138. Renumbered 53-21-1201. Sec. 3(2), Ch. 479, L. 2009.
53-21-139. Renumbered 53-21-1202 - 53-21-139. Renumbered 53-21-1202. Sec. 3(2), Ch. 479, L. 2009.
53-21-140. Use of two-way electronic audio-video communication - 53-21-140. Use of two-way electronic audio-video communication. (1) For purposes...
53-21-141. Civil and legal rights of person committed - 53-21-141. Civil and legal rights of person committed. (1) Unless...
53-21-142. Rights of persons admitted to facility - 53-21-142. Rights of persons admitted to facility. Patients admitted to...
53-21-143. Right not to be fingerprinted - 53-21-143. Right not to be fingerprinted. No person admitted to...
53-21-144. Rights concerning photographs - 53-21-144. Rights concerning photographs. (1) A person admitted to a...
53-21-145. Right to be free from unnecessary or excessive medication - 53-21-145. Right to be free from unnecessary or excessive medication....
53-21-146. Right to be free from physical restraint and isolation - 53-21-146. Right to be free from physical restraint and isolation....
53-21-147. Right not to be subjected to experimental research - 53-21-147. Right not to be subjected to experimental research. (1)...
53-21-148. Right not to be subjected to hazardous treatment - 53-21-148. Right not to be subjected to hazardous treatment. Patients...
53-21-149. Conditions of treatment in community facility, program, or course of treatment - 53-21-149. Conditions of treatment in community facility, program, or course...
53-21-150. Treatment plan -- provider choice - 53-21-150. Treatment plan -- provider choice. (1) Stabilizing treatment must...
53-21-151. Notification of noncompliance as condition for treatment plan -- response - 53-21-151. Notification of noncompliance as condition for treatment plan --...
53-21-152. Department funding responsibility - 53-21-152. Department funding responsibility. The department shall develop a separate...
53-21-153. Repealed - 53-21-153. Repealed. Sec. 22, Ch. 329, L. 2011. History: En....
53-21-154. through 53-21-160 reserved - 53-21-154 through 53-21-160 reserved.
53-21-161. Qualifications of professional persons - 53-21-161. Qualifications of professional persons. In every mental health facility...
53-21-162. Establishment of patient treatment plan -- patient's rights - 53-21-162. Establishment of patient treatment plan -- patient's rights. (1)...
53-21-163. Examination following commitment - 53-21-163. Examination following commitment. Within 30 days after a patient...
53-21-164. Repealed - 53-21-164. Repealed. Sec. 15, Ch. 14, Sp. L. June 1986....
53-21-165. Records to be maintained - 53-21-165. Records to be maintained. Complete patient records must be...
53-21-166. Records to be confidential -- exceptions - 53-21-166. Records to be confidential -- exceptions. All information obtained...
53-21-167. Patient labor - 53-21-167. Patient labor. The following rules govern patient labor: (1)...
53-21-168. Statement of rights to be furnished and posted - 53-21-168. Statement of rights to be furnished and posted. Each...
53-21-169. Protection and advocacy system -- designation and authority - 53-21-169. Protection and advocacy system -- designation and authority. (1)...
53-21-170. through 53-21-179 reserved - 53-21-170 through 53-21-179 reserved.
53-21-180. Discharge plan - 53-21-180. Discharge plan. Each patient admitted as an inpatient to...
53-21-181. Discharge during or at end of initial commitment period -- patient's right to referral - 53-21-181. Discharge during or at end of initial commitment period...
53-21-182. Court-ordered release to alternative placement or treatment - 53-21-182. Court-ordered release to alternative placement or treatment. At any...
53-21-183. Release conditioned on receipt of outpatient care - 53-21-183. Release conditioned on receipt of outpatient care. (1) When,...
53-21-184. Patients for whom release and discharge provisions inapplicable - 53-21-184. Patients for whom release and discharge provisions inapplicable. The...
53-21-185. Care and treatment following release - 53-21-185. Care and treatment following release. The department and its...
53-21-186. Support of patient conditionally released - 53-21-186. Support of patient conditionally released. When a mental health...
53-21-187. Clothing for patients discharged or conditionally released - 53-21-187. Clothing for patients discharged or conditionally released. A patient...
53-21-188. Repealed - 53-21-188. Repealed. Sec. 7, Ch. 247, L. 1999. History: En....
53-21-189. Fact of evaluation or treatment not to be used for discrimination - 53-21-189. Fact of evaluation or treatment not to be used...
53-21-190. Fact of evaluation or treatment not to be used in subsequent court proceeding -- exception - 53-21-190. Fact of evaluation or treatment not to be used...
53-21-191. and 53-21-192 reserved - 53-21-191 and 53-21-192 reserved.
53-21-193. Commitment to behavioral health inpatient facilities -- preference -- voluntary treatment - 53-21-193. Commitment to behavioral health inpatient facilities -- preference --...
53-21-194. Department licensure of behavioral health inpatient facilities -- rulemaking authority -- transfer criteria - 53-21-194. Department licensure of behavioral health inpatient facilities -- rulemaking...
53-21-195. Rehospitalization of patient conditionally released from inpatient treatment facilities -- petition - 53-21-195. Rehospitalization of patient conditionally released from inpatient treatment facilities...
53-21-196. Detention of conditionally released patient pending hearing - 53-21-196. Detention of conditionally released patient pending hearing. The court...
53-21-197. Hearing on rehospitalization petition -- revocation of conditional release - 53-21-197. Hearing on rehospitalization petition -- revocation of conditional release....
53-21-198. Extension of conditions of release -- hearing - 53-21-198. Extension of conditions of release -- hearing. (1) (a)...
53-21-199. Option for diversion from involuntary commitment to Montana state hospital - 53-21-199. Option for diversion from involuntary commitment to Montana state...