New York Laws
Title B - Mental Health Act
Article 9 - Hospitalization of Persons With a Mental Illness

9.01 - Definitions. - As used in this article: "in need of care and...

9.03 - Admission to a Hospital. - Unless otherwise specifically provided for by statute, a person with...

9.05 - Examining Physicians and Medical Certificates. - (a) A person is disqualified from acting as an examining...

9.07 - Notice to All Patients of Their Rights and of the Availability of the Mental Hygiene Legal Service. - (a) Immediately upon the admission of any patient to a...

9.09 - Notices to Mental Hygiene Legal Service Concerning Minors. - When any person under the age of eighteen years is...

9.11 - Patients' Records. - Except as to informal patients and patients admitted pursuant to...

9.13 - Voluntary Admissions. - (a) The director of any hospital may receive as a...

9.15 - Informal Admissions. - The director of any hospital approved by the commissioner for...

9.17 - Voluntary and Informal Admissions; Suitability. - (a) In order for a person to be suitable for...

9.19 - Voluntary and Informal Admissions; Notices. - The director shall cause all patients admitted as voluntary or...

9.21 - Voluntary and Informal Admissions; Encouragement Of. - (a) It shall be the duty of all state and...

9.23 - Voluntary and Informal Admissions; Conversion To. - (a) Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to...

9.25 - Voluntary and Informal Admissions; Review of Status. - (a) No voluntary or informal patient, whether admitted on such...

9.27 - Involuntary Admission on Medical Certification. - (a) The director of a hospital may receive and retain...

9.29 - Involuntary Admission on Medical Certification; Notice of Admission to Patients and Others. - (a) The director shall cause written notice of a person's...

9.31 - Involuntary Admission on Medical Certification; Patient's Right to a Hearing. - (a) If, at any time prior to the expiration of...

9.33 - Court Authorization to Retain an Involuntary Patient. - (a) If the director shall determine that a patient admitted...

9.35 - Review of Court Authorization to Retain an Involuntary Patient. - If a person who has been denied release or whose...

9.37 - Involuntary Admission on Certificate of a Director of Community Services or His Designee. - (b) The application for admission of a patient pursuant to...

9.39 - Emergency Admissions for Immediate Observation, Care, and Treatment. - (a) The director of any hospital maintaining adequate staff and...

9.40 - Emergency Observation, Care and Treatment in Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Programs. - (a) The director of any comprehensive psychiatric emergency program may...

9.43 - Emergency Assessment for Immediate Observation, Care, and Treatment; Powers of Courts. - (a) Whenever any court of inferior or general jurisdiction is...

9.45 - Emergency Assessment for Immediate Observation, Care, and Treatment; Powers of Directors of Community Services. - (a) The director of community services or the director's designee...

9.46 - Reports of Substantial Risk or Threat of Harm by Mental Health Professionals. - (a) For purposes of this section, the term "mental health...

9.47 - Duties of Local Officers in Regard to Their Persons With a Mental Illness. - (1) receiving reports of persons who may be in need...

9.48 - Duties of Directors of Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs. - (a)(1) Directors of assisted outpatient treatment programs established pursuant to...

9.57 - Emergency Admissions for Immediate Observation, Care and Treatment; Powers of Emergency Room Physicians. - treatment; powers of emergency room physicians. A physician who has...

9.58 - Transport for Evaluation; Powers of Approved Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams. - (a) A physician or qualified mental health professional who is...

9.59 - Immunity From Liability. - (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general, special or...

9.60 - Assisted Outpatient Treatment. - (a) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

9.41 - Emergency Assessment for Immediate Observation, Care, and Treatment; Powers of Certain Peace Officers and Police Officers. - (a) Any peace officer, when acting pursuant to his or...

9.49 - Transfer of Juvenile Delinquents. - (a) The commissioner shall receive and arrange the admission to...

9.51 - Residential Treatment Facilities for Children and Youth; Admissions. - (a) The director of a residential treatment facility for children...

9.53 - Children in the Custody of Social Services Officials or the Division for Youth. - (a) Admission of a child in the care and custody...

9.55 - Emergency Admissions for Immediate Observation, Care and Treatment; Powers of Qualified Psychiatrists. - treatment; powers of qualified psychiatrists. A qualified psychiatrist shall have...

9.63 - Transportation of Persons to or Between Hospitals. - In carrying out the transportation of any person to or...