New York Laws
MHY - Mental Hygiene

5.07 - Establishment of Statewide Comprehensive Plans of Services for Persons With Mental Disabilities. - (a) (1) The behavioral health services advisory council and the...

5.09 - Facilities Development Corporation. - (a) The facilities development corporation shall be entitled to exclusive...

Title B - Mental Health Act

Article 7 - Office of Mental Health

7.01 - Declaration of Policy. - The state of New York and its local governments have...

7.03 - Definitions. - As used in this title: 1. "Office" means the office...

7.07 - Office of Mental Health; Scope of Responsibilities. - (a) The office of mental health is charged with the...

7.09 - Powers of the Office and Commissioner; How Exercised. - (a) The commissioner shall exercise all powers vested in the...

7.11 - Organization and Administration of the Office of Mental Health and Its Facilities. - (a) The commissioner shall have the professional jurisdiction, supervision, and...

7.13 - Local Services. - Local services for the mentally ill shall be planned, financed...

7.15 - Programs of the Office of Mental Health. - (a) The commissioner shall plan, promote, establish, develop, coordinate, evaluate,...

7.17 - Programs, Services, and Operation of Facilities in the Office of Mental Health. - (a) The commissioner shall establish policy and procedures for the...

7.18 - Secure Treatment Facilities in the Office. - (a) There shall be in the office secure treatment facilities,...

7.19 - Personnel of the Office. - (a) The commissioner or his or her designee may, within...

7.21 - Directors of Facilities. - (a) The director of a facility under the jurisdiction of...

7.23 - Education and Training. - (a) The commissioner shall have the power to establish such...

7.24 - Mental Health Disorder Hospital Discharge; Policies and Procedures. - (a) The office, in consultation with the department of health,...

7.25 - Safety. - (a) The commissioner and the directors of in-patient facilities in...

7.27 - Facility Services. - (a) Chapels. The commissioner may permit any religious or missionary...

7.29 - Gifts. - (a) The commissioner, on behalf of the state and if...

7.31 - Disposition of Moneys and Securities. - (a) The commissioner, or the officer or employee of the...

7.33 - Boards of Visitors. - (a) Each hospital in the department shall have a board...

7.35 - Actions Against Persons Rendering Professional Services at the Request of the Office; Defense and Indemnification. - request of the office; defense and indemnification. The provisions of...

7.37 - Powers of the Office and Commissioner in Relation to the Planning and Referral of Mentally Ill Children for Adult Services. - (a) As used in this section: 1. "report" means a...

7.37-A - Transitional Care. - (a) For purposes of this section, "transitional care" shall mean...

7.38 - Additional Duties of the Office With Respect to Persons Receiving Transitional Care. - (a) The office shall, in consultation with the department of...

7.39 - Registration and Notification of Boards of Directors or Trustees of Certain Voluntary Not-for-Profit Facilities or Corporations. - (a) Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation, the executive...

7.41 - Geriatric Service Demonstration Program. - (a) The office shall establish a geriatric service demonstration program...

7.43 - The Children's Plan. - The commissioner of mental health, in consultation with the state...

7.45 - Retaliatory Personnel Actions. - Employees of facilities, programs and providers operated, licensed, certified, authorized...

7.47 - Mental Illness Anti-Stigma Grants. - (a) The office shall develop and implement a program which...

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...

Article 10 - Sex Offenders Requiring Civil Commitment or Supervision

10.01 - Legislative Findings. - (a) That recidivistic sex offenders pose a danger to society...

10.03 - Definitions. - (a) "Agency with jurisdiction" as to a person means that...

10.05 - Notice and Case Review. - (a) The commissioner of mental health, in consultation with the...

10.06 - Petition and Hearing. - (a) If the case review team finds that a respondent...

10.07 - Trial. - (a) Within sixty days after the court determines, pursuant to...

10.08 - Procedures Under This Article. - (a) When a respondent submits to an examination pursuant to...

10.09 - Annual Examinations and Petitions for Discharge. - (a) The commissioner shall provide the respondent and counsel for...

10.10 - Treatment and Confinement. - (a) If the respondent is found to be a dangerous...

10.11 - Regimen of Strict and Intensive Supervision and Treatment. - (a) (1) Before ordering the release of a person to...

10.13 - Appeals. - (a) The attorney general may, in the appellate division of...

10.15 - Compensation, Fees and Expenses. - (a) Any compensation, fee or expense paid pursuant to the...

10.17 - Release of Information Authorized. - The commissioner is authorized to release information in accordance with...

Title C - Developmental Disabilties Act

Article 13 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities

13.01 - Declaration of Policy. - The state of New York and its local governments have...

13.03 - Definitions. - As used in this title: 1. "office" means the office...

13.05 - Developmental Disabilities Advisory Council. - (a) There is hereby established a developmental disabilities advisory council....

13.06 - Annual Plan. - The commissioner shall submit an annual plan to the director...

13.07 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities; Scope of Responsibilities. - (a) The office for people with developmental disabilities shall assure...

13.09 - Powers of the Office and Commissioner; How Exercised. - (a) The commissioner shall exercise all powers vested in the...

13.11 - Organization and Administration of the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities and Its Facilities. - (a) The commissioner shall have the professional jurisdiction, supervision, and...

13.13 - Local Services. - Local services for persons with developmental disabilities shall be planned,...

13.15 - Programs of the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities. - (a) The commissioner shall plan, promote, establish, develop, coordinate, evaluate,...

13.16 - Fiscal Year Report. - (a) Every provider of service furnishing services to persons defined...

13.17 - Programs, Services, and Operations in the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities. - (a) The commissioner shall establish policy and procedures for the...

13.19 - Personnel of the Office; Regulations. - (a) The commissioner may, within the amounts appropriated therefor, appoint...

13.21 - Directors of State Operations Offices and Developmental Disabilities Regional Offices in the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities. - (a) The directors of both the state operations offices and...

13.23 - Education and Training Programs. - (a) The commissioner shall have the power to establish such...

13.24 - Sheltered Workshops, Work Activity and Day Training Services. - 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall...

13.25 - Safety. - (a) The commissioner and the directors of facilities under his...

13.27 - Facility Services. - (a) Chapels. The commissioner may permit any religious or missionary...

13.29 - Gifts. - (a) The commissioner, on behalf of the state and if...

13.31 - Disposition of Moneys and Securities. - (a) The commissioner, or the officer or employee of the...

13.33 - Boards of Visitors. - (a) Each state operations office under the jurisdiction of the...

13.34 - On-Site Client Advocacy in Developmental Centers. - 1. There shall be at each developmental center facility listed...

13.35 - Actions Against Persons Rendering Professional Services at the Request of the Office; Defense and Indemnification. - request of the office; defense and indemnification. The provisions of...

13.37 - Powers of the Office and Commissioner in Relation to the Planning and Referral of Children With Developmental Disabilities for Adult Services. - (a) As used in this section: 1. "report" means a...

13.37-A - Transitional Care. - (a) For purposes of this section, "transitional care" shall mean...

13.38 - Additional Duties of the Office With Respect to Persons Receiving Transitional Care. - (a) The office shall, in consultation with the department of...

13.39 - Registration and Notification of Boards of Directors or Trustees of Certain Voluntary Not-for-Profit Facilities or Corporations. - (a) Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation, the executive...

13.40 - People First Waiver Program. - (a) The commissioner and the commissioner of health shall jointly...

13.41 - Integrated Employment Plan. - (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the developmental disabilities advisory...

13.41*2 - Retaliatory Personnel Actions. - Employees of facilities, programs and providers operated, licensed, certified, authorized...

13.42 - Autism Spectrum Disorders Advisory Board. - (a) There is hereby established within the office the autism...

13.43 - First Responder Training. - (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health,...

13.43*2 - Disabilities Identification Card. - (a) The commissioner shall develop an identification card denoting that...

Article 15 - Admission of People With Developmental Disabilities to Schools

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

15.03 - Admission to a School. - Unless otherwise specifically provided for by statute, a person with...

15.05 - Examining Physician or Psychologist and Medical Certificate. - (a) A person is disqualified from acting as an examining...

15.07 - Notice to All Residents of Their Rights and of the Availability of the Mental Hygiene Legal Service. - (a) Immediately upon the admission of any resident to a...

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

15.11 - Records of Residents. - The director of a school shall within five days, excluding...

15.13 - Voluntary Admissions. - (a) The director of any school may receive as a...

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

15.17 - Voluntary Admissions; Notices. - The director shall cause all residents admitted on their own...

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

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

15.23 - Voluntary Admissions; Review of Status. - (a) No voluntary resident, whether admitted on such status or...

15.25 - Admission and Retention of Certain Non-Objecting Residents. - (a) The director of any school may receive and retain...

15.27 - Involuntary Admission on Medical Certification. - (a) The commissioner may receive and retain in a school,...

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

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

15.33 - Court Authorization to Retain an Involuntary Resident. - (a) If the director shall determine that a resident admitted...

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

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

Article 16 - Regulation and Quality of Services

16.00 - Regulation and Quality Control of Services for Individuals With Developmental Disabilties. - developmental disabilities. This article sets forth provisions enabling the commissioner...

16.01 - Evaluation of Services for Persons With Developmental Disabilities. - (a) The commissioner shall ensure that all services provided under...

16.03 - Operating Certificate Required. - (a) No provider of services shall engage in any of...

16.05 - Issuance of Operating Certificates. - (a)(1) Application for an operating certificate shall be made upon...

16.09 - Approval of New Construction. - (a) As used or referred to in this section, unless...

16.11 - Oversight of Facilities and Services. - (1) The review of facilities issued an operating certificate pursuant...

16.13 - Duties of Providers of Services. - (a) Complying with the applicable provisions of this chapter, other...

16.17 - Suspension, Revocation, or Limitation of an Operating Certificate. - (a) The commissioner may revoke, suspend, or limit an operating...

16.19 - Confinement, Care and Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities. - (a) No individual who is or appears to have a...

16.21 - Injunctions. - (a) The supreme court may, on application of the commissioner,...

16.23 - Family Care Homes. - (a) Family care homes shall be subject to visitation and...

16.25 - Temporary Operator. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Established operator"...

16.27 - Residential Facilities; Receivership. - (a) The operator of any facility may at any time...

16.29 - Abuse, Neglect, and Significant Incidents Involving Vulnerable Persons. - (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the executive director of...

16.31 - Monthly Personal Allowances. - (a) All persons residing in facilities for which an operating...

16.32 - Improper Expenditure of Moneys. - (a) No provider of services certified pursuant to this article...

16.33 - Review of Criminal History Information Concerning Certain Prospective Employees. - (a) Every provider of services who contracts with or is...

16.34 - Certain Information Regarding Persons Working With People With Developmental Disabilities. - (a) Upon a request to the justice center for criminal...

16.35 - Developmental Disabilities Services Quality Improvement Demonstration Program. - (a) For purposes of this section "facility" means any not-for-profit...

16.37 - Autism Spectrum Disorder Booklet; First Responders. - The commissioner, in consultation with other appropriate agency representatives, shall...

Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act

Article 19 - Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse

19.01 - Declaration of Policy. - The legislature declares the following: Alcoholism, substance abuse and chemical...

19.03 - Definitions. - 1. "Office" means the office of alcoholism and substance abuse...

19.06 - Advisory Council on Underage Alcohol Consumption and Youth Substance Abuse. - (a) "Council" shall mean the advisory council on underage alcohol...

19.07 - Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services; Scope of Responsibilities. - (a) The office of alcoholism and substance abuse services is...

19.09 - Powers of the Office and Commissioner; How Exercised. - (a) The commissioner shall exercise all powers vested in the...

19.10 - Status of Facilities. - A rehabilitation center, a medical examination facility, or such other...

19.11 - Organization and Administration of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services and Its Facilities. - (a) The commissioner shall have the professional jurisdiction, supervision, and...

19.13 - Local Services. - (a) Local services for persons who abuse or are dependent...

19.14 - Civil Actions Against Certain Officers and Employees of the Office. - (a) No civil action shall be brought in any court...

19.15 - Programs of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. - (a) With the advice of the advisory council on alcoholism...

19.16 - Methadone Registry. - The office shall establish and maintain, either directly or through...

19.17 - Programs, Services, and Operation of Facilities in the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. - (a) The commissioner shall establish policy and procedure for the...

19.18-B - Certified Peer Recovery Advocate Services Program. - (a) developing recovery plans; (b) raising awareness of existing social...

19.18-C - Corrections-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Services. - (a) Alcohol, benzodiazepine, heroin and opioid withdrawal management; (b) At...

19.19 - Personnel of the Office. - (a) The commissioner shall, within the amounts appropriated therefor, appoint...

19.20 - Review of Criminal History Information Concerning Certain Prospective Employees and Volunteers. - (a) Prior to requesting the office to obtain a criminal...

19.20-A - Review of Criminal History Information Concerning Prospective Providers, Operators and Individuals Seeking to Be Credentialed by the Office. - (a) Prior to requesting criminal history information concerning any prospective...

19.21 - Programs, Services, and Operation of Facilities Certified or Licensed by the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services; Temporary Emergency Op - (a) The office shall inspect and approve or disapprove the...

19.23 - Education and Training. - (a) The commissioner shall have the power to establish such...

19.25 - Alcohol Awareness Program. - (a) The office shall establish an alcohol awareness program within...

19.27 - Methamphetamine Awareness and Education Program. - The office shall serve as the principle source for the...

19.28 - Receipt and Disbursement of Federal Funds. - (a) The commissioner may receive, use, or distribute federal financial...

19.29 - Gifts. - (a) The commissioner, on behalf of the state and if...

19.31 - Medication Assisted Treatment Training Requirement. - Every person who is a credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse...

19.35 - Actions Against Persons Rendering Professional Services at the Request of the Office; Defense and Indemnification. - request of the office; defense and indemnification. The provisions of...

19.40 - Provision of Chemical Dependence Services. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the office shall...

19.41 - Facilities; Receivership. - (2) The commissioner may, prior to suspending an operating certificate...

19.42 - Medical Advisory Panel. - (a) The panel shall consist of such officers and members...

19.43 - Retaliatory Personnel Actions. - Employees of facilities, programs and providers operated, licensed, certified, authorized...

19.45 - Substance Use Disorder Education and Recovery Grants. - (a) The office shall develop and implement a program which...

19.45*2 - The Council for Treatment Equity. - (a) "Council" shall mean the council for treatment equity, within...

Article 22 - Chemical Dependence Programs, Treatment Facilities, and Services

22.01 - Admission to Chemical Dependence Programs, Treatment Facilities and Services. - Unless otherwise specifically provided for by statute, a person suffering...

22.03 - Patient Rights; Notice to All Patients of Their Rights. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law including but not...

22.05 - Patient's Records. - (a) After the admission of any patient, the director of...

22.07 - Informal Admission. - (a) Such person may be admitted as a patient without...

22.09 - Emergency Services for Persons Intoxicated, Impaired, or Incapacitated by Alcohol And/or Substances. - (a) As used in this article: 1. "Intoxicated or impaired...

22.11 - Treatment of Minors. - (a) For the purposes of this section, the word "minor"...

Article 25 - Funding for Services of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services

25.01 - Definitions. - (a) As used herein: 1. "Local governmental unit" shall have...

25.03 - Financial Support and Disbursement of Funds. - (a) In accordance with the provisions of this article, and...

25.05 - Reimbursement From Other Sources. - The office shall not provide a voluntary agency or a...

25.06 - Disclosures by Closely Allied Entities of a Voluntary Agency. - (a) A closely allied entity of a voluntary agency that...

25.07 - Non-Substitution. - A voluntary agency or a program operated by a local...

25.09 - Administrative Costs. - Subject to the approval of the director of the budget,...

25.11 - Distribution of State Aid to a Local Governmental Unit. - (a) Local governmental units shall be granted state aid by...

25.13 - Office Is Authorized State Agency. - (a) The office when designated by the governor is the...

25.15 - Optimizing Federal Aid. - (a) A program operated by a local governmental unit or...

25.17 - Fees for Services. - Voluntary agencies and programs operated by local governmental units funded...

25.18 - Statewide Opioid Settlements. - (a) Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms...

Title E - General Provisions

Article 29 - General Provisions Relating to In-Patient Facilities

29.01 - Regulations and Forms. - The commissioner shall have the power to make regulations governing...

29.03 - Effect of Court Order Authorizing Retention of a Patient. - No order or determination under this article that a person...

29.05 - Community Agreements Regarding Admission Procedures. - A director of community services and the commissioner may enter...

29.07 - Commissioner's Powers Over Admissions to Department Facilities. - (a) The commissioner may by order defer admissions to any...

29.11 - Commissioner's Power to Transfer and Discharge Patients. - (a) Subject to his regulations, the commissioner may order or...

29.13 - Treatment Plans. - (a) Subject to the regulations of the commissioner, the director...

29.15 - Discharge and Conditional Release of Patients to the Community. - (a) A patient may be discharged or conditionally released to...

29.16 - Discharge; Certain Cases. - The director of a facility shall, with respect to any...

29.17 - Clothing and Money to Be Furnished Patients Discharged or Released. - released. No patient shall be discharged or released from a...

29.18 - Client Service Report. - (a) The commissioner shall establish a client service report system...

29.19 - Powers and Duties of Peace Officers Acting Pursuant to Their Special Duties and Police Officers to Apprehend, Restrain, and Transport Persons to Facil - special duties and police officers to apprehend, restrain, and transport...

29.20 - In-Patient Nasogastric Feeding Procedures. - The commissioners of the office of mental health and the...

29.21 - Care of Children Born to Patients. - If a child is born to a patient in a...

29.23 - Powers With Respect to Property of Persons Receiving Services. - The commissioner may authorize the directors of department facilities, to...

29.25 - Sale or Delivery of Alcoholic Beverages to Patients Prohibited. - Any person who knowingly sells, delivers, or gives away or...

29.27 - Incarcerated Individual-Patients Placed in the Custody of the Department. - (a) As used in this section, the term "incarcerated individual-patient"...

29.28 - Payment of Costs for Prosecution of Incarcerated Individual-Patients. - (a) When an incarcerated individual-patient, as defined in subdivision (a)...

29.29 - Incident Reporting Procedures. - (i) suicides or attempted suicides; (ii) violent behavior exhibited by...

Article 30 - Comprehensive Care Centers for Eating Disorders

30.01 - Legislative Findings. - The legislature hereby finds that effective diagnosis and treatment for...

30.02 - Definitions. - (a) "Eating disorder" is defined to include, but not be...

30.03 - Comprehensive Care Centers for Eating Disorders; Established. - (a) Promoting the operation of a continuum of comprehensive, coordinated...

30.04 - Qualifying Criteria. - (a) In order to qualify for state identification as a...

30.05 - State Identification of Comprehensive Care Centers for Eating Disorders; Commissioner's Written Notice. - (a) The commissioner shall identify a sufficient number of comprehensive...

30.06 - Restricted Use of Title. - No person or entity shall claim, advertise or imply to...

Article 31 - Regulation and Quality Control of Services for the Mentally Disabled

31.01 - Evaluation of Services for the Mentally Disabled. - (a) The commissioner shall ensure that all services for the...

31.02 - Operating Certificate Required. - (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section...

31.03 - Operating Certificates for Family Care Homes. - (a) No provider of services as a family care home...

31.04 - Regulatory Powers of the Commissioner. - (a) The commissioner shall have the power to adopt regulations...

31.05 - Issuance of an Operating Certificate. - (a) No operating certificate shall be issued by the commissioner...

31.06 - Child Abuse Prevention. - All facilities described in subdivision (a) of section 31.02 of...

31.07 - Investigations and Inspections. - The commissioner shall have the power to conduct investigations into...

31.08 - Compliance With Operational Standards by General Hospitals. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 31.07 of this article,...

31.09 - Powers of the Department Regarding Investigation and Inspection. - (a) In conducting an investigation or inspection, the commissioner or...

31.11 - Certain Duties of Providers of Services. - It shall be the duty of every holder of an...

31.13 - Powers of Subpoena and Examination. - In conducting any investigation, inspection, or hearing under this chapter,...

31.16 - Suspension, Revocation, or Limitation of an Operating Certificate and Imposition of Fines by the Commissioner of Mental Health. - (a) The commissioner of mental health may revoke, suspend, or...

31.17 - Formal Hearings; Procedure. - (a) When a hearing must be afforded pursuant to this...

31.19 - Confinement, Care, and Treatment of the Mentally Disabled. - (a) No individual who is or appears to be mentally...

31.20 - Temporary Operator. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Established operator"...

31.21 - Injunction and Temporary Restraining Order. - (a) The supreme court may enjoin violations or threatened violations...

31.22 - Approval of Certain Certificates of Incorporation or Articles of Organization; Granting of Operating Certificates. - (a) No certificate of incorporation of a business or not-for-profit...

31.23 - Approval of New Construction. - (a) As used or referred to in this section, unless...

31.25 - Residential Services for Treatment of Eating Disorders. - The commissioner shall establish, pursuant to regulation, licensed residential providers...

31.26 - Residential Treatment Facilities for Children and Youth. - (a) The commissioner may authorize the operation of residential treatment...

31.27 - Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Programs. - (a) As used in this section: (1) "Commissioner" means the...

31.35 - Review of Criminal History Information Concerning Certain Prospective Employees. - (b) Access to and the use of such information shall...

31.36 - Crisis Stabilization Services. - The commissioner shall be authorized, in conjunction with the commissioner...

31.37 - Mental Health Incident Review Panels. - (a) The commissioner is authorized to establish, on his or...

31.28 - Facilities; Receivership. - (a) The owner or owners of any facility may at...

31.29 - Monthly Personal Allowances. - (a) Each resident of a residential care center for adults...

31.30 - Abuse, Neglect, and Significant Incidents Involving Vulnerable Persons. - (a) The commissioner in consultation with the executive director of...

31.31 - Improper Expenditure of Moneys. - (a) No provider of services licensed pursuant to this article...

31.33 - Mental Health Special Needs Plans. - The commissioner, jointly with the commissioner of health, shall be...

Article 32 - Regulation and Quality Control of Chemical Dependence Services and Compulsive Gambling Services.

32.01 - Regulation and Quality Control of Chemical Dependence Services. - This article sets forth provisions enabling the commissioner to regulate...

32.02 - Regulation and Quality Control of Compulsive Gambling Services. - (a) The commissioner may adopt any regulation reasonably necessary to...

32.03 - Evaluation of Chemical Dependence Services. - (a) The commissioner shall ensure that all chemical dependence services...

32.05 - Operating Certificate Required. - (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section...

32.05-A - Certified Recovery Residences. - (a) staffing; (b) referrals to and coordination with community and...

32.06 - Prohibited Practices by Providers of Substance Use Disorder Services. - (a) lawful payments by a health maintenance organization or health...

32.07 - Regulatory Powers of the Commissioner. - (a) The commissioner shall have the power to adopt regulations...

32.09 - Issuance of Operating Certificates. - (a) No operating certificate shall be issued by the commissioner...

32.11 - Child Abuse Prevention. - (a) develop, maintain and disseminate written policies and procedures pursuant...

32.13 - Investigations and Inspections. - The commissioner shall have the power to conduct investigations into...

32.14 - Compliance With Operational Standards by Providers of Services in General Hospitals. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 32.13 of this article,...

32.15 - Powers of the Office Regarding Investigation and Inspection. - (a) In conducting an investigation or inspection, the commissioner or...

32.17 - Certain Duties of Providers of Services. - (a) complying with the provisions of this chapter, other applicable...

32.17-A - Notification of Emergency Contact. - Every certified treatment program shall notify every patient of their...

32.19 - Powers of Subpoena and Examination. - In conducting any investigation, inspection, or hearing under this chapter,...

32.20 - Temporary Operator. - (a) "chemical dependence treatment program" shall mean a program certified...

32.21 - Suspension, Revocation, or Limitation of Operating Certificates and Imposition of Fines. - (a) The commissioner may revoke, suspend, or limit an operating...

32.23 - Formal Hearings; Procedure. - (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, when a hearing must...

32.25 - Confinement, Care, and Treatment of Persons Suffering From Chemical Abuse or Dependence. - (a) No individual who is or appears to be suffering...

32.27 - Injunction and Temporary Restraining Order. - (a) The supreme court may enjoin violations or threatened violations...

32.29 - Approval of New Construction. - (a) As used or referred to in this section, unless...

32.31 - Establishment or Incorporation of Facilities for Chemical Dependence Services. - (a) No provider of services or facility providing chemical dependence...

32.33 - Improper Expenditures of Money. - (a) No provider of services issued an operating certificate pursuant...

32.35 - Disclosure by Members, Officers and Employees. - In the event that a provider of services certified by...

32.36 - Crisis Stabilization Services. - The commissioner shall be authorized, in conjunction with the commissioner...

32.37 - Registration and Notification of Boards of Directors or Trustees of Certain Voluntary Not-for-Profit Facilities or Corporations. - (a) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation, the executive...

32.38 - The Recovery Tax Credit Program. - (a) Authorization. The commissioner is authorized to and shall establish...

32.39 - Fiscal Year Report. - (a) Every provider of chemical dependence services which is required...

Article 33 - Rights of Patients

33.01 - Protection of Patients' Rights. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be...

33.02 - Notice of Rights of Individuals With Mental Disabilities. - (a) In order to ensure that residents of facilities or...

33.03 - Quality of Care and Treatment. - (a) Each patient in a facility and each person receiving...

33.04 - Restraint of Patients. - (a) As used in this section, "restraint" means the use...

33.05 - Communications and Visits. - (a) Each patient in a facility shall have the right...

33.06 - Reports of Abuse, Neglect, and Significant Incidents. - The executive director of the justice center for the protection...

33.07 - Care and Custody of the Personal Property of Persons Receiving Services. - (a) A patient's right to retain his personal belongings upon...

33.08 - Personal Needs Allowance for Residents of State Psychiatric Centers and State Operated Alcoholism Facilities. - (a) For the purposes of this section: 1. "countable resources"...

33.09 - Employment of Patients. - (a) The department shall encourage employment of patients as part...

33.11 - Education for Children With Mental Disabilities. - The office of mental health and the office for people...

33.12 - Hearing Evaluation. - The office for people with developmental disabilities shall provide suitable...

33.13 - Clinical Records; Confidentiality. - (a) A clinical record for each patient or client shall...

33.14 - Sealing of Records Pertaining to Treatment for Mental Illness. - (a) (1) Any person who has been admitted to receive...

33.15 - Habeas Corpus. - (a) A person retained by a facility or the department...

33.16 - Access to Clinical Records. - (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Clinical...

33.17 - Transportation of Individuals. - Within staffing limitations and upon request, an individual who is...

33.21 - Consent for Mental Health Treatment of Minors. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "minor" shall...

33.23 - Incident Notifications and Reports. - (a) The director of a facility, as defined in subdivision...

33.25 - Release of Records Pertaining to Allegations and Investigations of Abuse and Mistreatment. - (a) Records and documents pertaining to allegations and investigations into...

33.27 - Independent Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Ombudsman. - (a) There is hereby established the office of the independent...

33.28 - Independent Developmental Disability Ombudsman Program. - (a) There is hereby established by the office for people...

Article 36 - Addiction and Mental Health Services and Supports

36.01 - Crisis Stabilization Centers. - (a) (1) The commissioners are authorized to jointly license crisis...

36.02 - Referral to Crisis Stabilization Centers. - (a) A referral to crisis stabilization centers may include but...

36.03 - 9-8-8 Suicide Prevention and Behavioral Health Crisis Hotline System. - (a) Definitions. When used in this article, the following words...

36.04 - Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics. - (a) The commissioners are authorized to jointly certify community behavioral...

36.05 - Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Indigent Care Program. - (a) (1) For periods on and after July first, two...

36.06 - Review of Criminal History Information. - (a) The justice center for the protection of people with...

Article 41 - Local Services

41.01 - Declaration of Purpose. - This article is designed to enable and encourage local governments...

41.03 - Definitions. - (b) Subject to the regulations of the commissioner, operating costs...

41.04 - Responsibilities of Commissioners of the Offices. - (a) In order to prevent unnecessary fragmentation in the planning...

41.05 - Local Governmental Unit. - (a) To be eligible for state aid pursuant to this...

41.07 - Provision of Services by the Local Governmental Unit. - (a) Local governmental units may provide local services and facilities...

41.09 - Director. - (a) Charter governments may provide for appointment and removal of...

41.10 - State Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors. - (a) There is hereby created the New York state conference...

41.11 - Composition of Boards. - (c) A person's public office or employment shall not bar...

41.13 - Powers and Duties of Local Governmental Units. - (a) Every local governmental unit shall: 1. review services and...

41.15 - Approved Plans and State Aid. - (a) Net operating costs of programs incurred pursuant to an...

41.16 - Local Planning; State and Local Responsibilities. - (a) Each of the offices of the department shall guide...

41.17 - State and Local Coordination. - (a) Within five years from the effective date of this...

41.18 - Local Services Plan; State Aid. - (a) A local services plan is a plan for the...

41.24 - Study on Alternative to Net Deficit Funding. - (a) A cost-related funding methodology which adequately pays for services...

41.25 - Fees. - (a) As a prerequisite for state aid, local governmental units...

41.27 - State Aid Procedures. - (a) State aid shall not be granted for capital costs...

41.29 - Liability of Local Government. - Any local government which has established a local governmental unit...

41.31 - Publication of Records. - Every local governmental unit shall make available in its office,...

41.32 - Transitional Provisions for Local Assistance Funding of Federally Funded Demonstration Projects for Treatment of Alcoholics. - federally funded demonstration projects for treatment of alcoholics. Notwithstanding any...

41.33 - Community Residences for the Mentally Disabled. - The commissioner shall have the power to operate or cause...

41.34 - Site Selection of Community Residential Facilities. - (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions...

41.35 - Demonstration Programs. - (b) The demonstration programs required to be developed pursuant to...

41.36 - Community Residential Facilities. - (a) Replacement of necessary clothing; (b) Personal requirements and incidental...

41.37 - Community Residence and Residential Treatment Facility for Children and Youth Development Grants. - (a) The commissioner of the office of mental health or...

41.38 - Rental and Mortgage Payments of Community Residential Facilities for the Mentally Ill. - (a) "Supportive housing" shall mean, for the purpose of this...

41.39 - Vocational Programs; Sheltered Workshop Industrial Contract Income. - (a) The commissioner of mental health and the commissioner of...

41.40 - Small Community Residential Facilities. - The commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities...

41.40*2 - Respite Services. - (a) Definitions. When read in this article: 1. "Respite" shall...

41.41 - Rights of Persons With Developmental Disabilities. - (a) The right to request an alternative residential setting, either...

41.42 - Family Support Programs. - The commissioner of mental health, directly or through contract, and...

41.43 - Family Support Services. - (a) The commissioner of the office for people with developmental...

41.44 - Community Residential Services for the Mentally Ill. - (a) The commissioner of mental health is authorized, within appropriations...

41.45 - Development Grants for Residential Care Centers for Adults. - The commissioner of mental health is authorized, within appropriations made...

41.46 - Disclosure by Members, Officers and Employees. - In the event that an agency licensed by the office...

41.47 - Community Support Services Program. - (a) As used in this section: (1) "Approved reimbursable rate"...

41.48 - Real Property Acquisition Options. - (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article and within...

41.49 - Adolescent Suicide Prevention Program. - 1. Within amounts appropriated, the office of mental health is...

41.49*2 - Community Based Mental Health Services for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed Children. - (i) is caused by a medically determined mental illness as...

41.50 - Development Grants for Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Programs. - programs. The commissioner of mental health may, subject to the...

41.51 - State Aid for Costs of Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Programs. - (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article, local governments...

41.52 - Community Residential Services for Alcoholism. - (a) The commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services is...

41.53 - Community Residence Development Grants for Alcoholism Services. - (a) The commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services is...

41.54 - Roles and Responsibilities of Certain Board Members. - Within appropriations made therefor, the commissioner of the appropriate office...

41.54*2 - Employee Assistance Programs. - (a) The director of the division of alcoholism and alcohol...

41.55 - Community Mental Health Support and Workforce Reinvestment Program. - (a) Community mental health support and workforce reinvestment funds shall...

41.57 - Compulsive Gambling Education and Treatment Program. - Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this article and within amounts...

Article 43 - Fees for Services

43.01 - Fees and Rates for Department Services. - (a) The department shall charge fees for its services to...

43.02 - Rates or Methods of Payment for Services at Facilities Subject to Licensure or Certification by the Office of Mental Health, the Office for People With Developmental Disablities or the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. - (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, payment made by...

43.03 - Liability for Fees. - (a) The patient, his estate, his spouse, his parents or...

43.04 - Provider of Services Assessments. - (ii) For each provider of services in the categories of...

43.05 - Securing Financial Information. - (a) A person who applies for the reduction or waiver...

43.06 - Assessments. - (b)(i) For such hospitals which are providers of services, the...

43.07 - Bill Collection Procedures. - (a) The commissioner may enter into agreements with the patient...

43.09 - Certain Transactions Void. - A transaction between a patient or person liable for him...

43.11 - Refunds. - Payments received by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter may...

43.12 - Electronic Submission of Periodic Cost Reports to the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities. - people with developmental disabilities. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule...

Article 47 - Mental Hygiene Legal Service

47.01 - Mental Hygiene Legal Service. - (a) There shall be a mental hygiene legal service of...

47.03 - Functions, Powers and Duties of the Service. - (a) To study and review the admission and retention of...

Article 61 - Federal Aid

61.01 - Receipt and Disbursement of Federal Funds. - (a) The commissioner or his authorized representative may receive, use,...

61.03 - Department Is Authorized State Agency. - The department shall be the authority, when designated by the...

61.05 - Advancement of State Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Programs Through Intergovernmental Cooperation. - disabilities programs through intergovernmental cooperation. The commissioner may promote state...

Article 67 - Interstate Relations

67.01 - Report of Noncitizens. - The commissioner shall report to appropriate federal authorities all noncitizen...

67.03 - Residents. - (a) For the purposes of this article any person who...

67.05 - Nonresidents. - (a) The commissioner may enter into reciprocal agreements or establish...

67.07 - Interstate Compact. - (a) The interstate compact on mental health is hereby enacted...

67.08 - Patient Transfer to Foreign Nation. - (a) The commissioner, or his or her designee, shall have...

67.09 - Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Eligibility for Dependants of Certain Military Service Members. - (a) A dependent of a member of the armed forces...

Article 71 - Acquisition of Real Property

71.01 - Acquisition of Real Property. - (a) The head of each office of the department, as...

Article 75 - Community Mental Health Services and Developmental Disabilities Services Companies

75.01 - Short Title. - This article shall be known and may be cited and...

75.03 - Policy and Purposes of Article. - It is hereby declared that the provision of new and...

75.05 - Definitions. - As used in this article the following words and phrases...

75.07 - Companies; How Created. - Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or requirement to...

75.09 - Approval of Commissioner. - Whenever any such certificate shall be presented to the secretary...

75.13 - Powers and Limitations of a Company. - (a) Except as is inconsistent with the provisions of this...

75.15 - Members, Officers, and Directors. - No member or director of a company shall receive any...

75.17 - Mortgage Loans. - (a) Any company formed under this article may, subject to...

75.19 - Conditions and Security for Loans. - No loan shall be made by the New York state...

75.21 - Rates and Fees. - A company shall, with the approval of the commissioner, fix...

75.23 - Transfer of Real Property. - Notwithstanding any requirement of law to the contrary or any...

75.25 - Supervision and Regulation. - (a) The commissioner may from time to time make, alter,...

75.27 - Voluntary Dissolution. - At any time after the expiration of twenty years after...

75.29 - Foreclosures and Judgments. - (a) In any foreclosure action the commissioner shall be made...

75.33 - Fees and Charges. - The commissioner may by regulation establish and charge to any...

75.35 - Separability. - If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this article...

Article 79 - Proceedings Relative to Incompetent Veterans and Infant Wards of the United States Veterans' Administration

79.01 - Definitions. - The term "person" includes a partnership, corporation, or an association....

79.03 - Application. - Whenever, pursuant to any law of the United States or...

79.05 - Limitations on Number of Wards. - Except as hereinafter provided it shall be unlawful for any...

79.07 - Petition; Contents. - A petition for the appointment of a guardian for an...

79.09 - Consolidated Procedure. - Upon petition for the appointment of a guardian the court...

79.11 - Prima Facie Evidence of Infancy or Incompetency. - (a) Where a petition is filed for the appointment of...

79.13 - Notice. - (a) Upon the filing of a petition for the appointment...

79.15 - Bonds; Sureties. - Before making an appointment under the provisions of this article...

79.17 - Accounts. - (a) Every guardian or committee, whether appointed under this article...

79.19 - Removal of Guardian for Failure to Account or for Other Reasons. - If any guardian shall fail to file any account of...

79.21 - Compensation of Guardian. - (a) Where a guardian has received only the benefits from...

79.23 - Investments by Guardians. - (a) A guardian of an infant ward, in the investment...

79.25 - Maintenance and Support. - A guardian shall not apply any portion of the estate...

79.27 - Filing and Recording of Papers and Copies of Public Records to Be Furnished. - be furnished. The official, charged with the responsibility of receiving...

79.29 - Admission and Retention of Mentally Ill Veterans. - Whenever it appears that a mentally ill veteran of any...

79.31 - Discharge of Guardian. - (a) When a minor ward for whom a guardian has...

79.33 - Liberal Construction. - This article shall be construed liberally to secure the beneficial...

79.35 - Uniformity of Construction. - This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to...

79.37 - Invalidity of Part of Article. - The invalidity of any portion of this article shall not...

79.39 - Recognition of Veterans' Administration as a Party in Interest. - (a) With respect to benefits from the administration or the...

79.41 - Funds to Be Kept Separate. - Every guardian shall keep the funds received by him in...

79.43 - Notice of Pendency of Proceeding; Effect. - In all proceedings taken under this article, if real property...

Article 80 - Surrogate Decision-Making for Medical Care and Treatment

80.01 - Legislative Findings and Purpose. - The legislature hereby finds and declares that timely access to...

80.03 - Definitions. - (a) "Major medical treatment" means a medical, surgical or diagnostic...

80.05 - Surrogate Decision-Making Committees and Panels; Organization. - (a) Surrogate decision-making committees of at least twelve persons shall...

80.07 - Procedures of the Committees and Panels. - (a) The committee shall receive declarations filed on behalf of...

80.09 - Right of Appeal; Temporary Restraining Order. - The patient, declarant, a parent, spouse, adult child, conservator, legal...

80.11 - Effect of Determination That a Person Is in Need of Surrogate Decision-Making. - decision-making. The determination by a panel that a patient is...

80.13 - Committee Reports. - The chairman of each committee shall provide a quarterly report...

Article 81 - Proceedings for Appointment of a Guardian for Personal Needs or Property Management

81.01 - Legislative Findings and Purpose. - The legislature hereby finds that the needs of persons with...

81.02 - Power to Appoint a Guardian of the Person And/or Property; Standard for Appointment. - (a) The court may appoint a guardian for a person...

81.03 - Definitions. - (a) "guardian" means a person who is eighteen years of...

81.04 - Jurisdiction. - (a) If after a hearing or trial in accordance with...

81.05 - Venue. - (a) A proceeding under this article shall be brought in...

81.06 - Who May Commence a Proceeding. - (a) A proceeding under this article shall be commenced by...

81.07 - Notice. - (a) Proceeding. A proceeding under this article shall be commenced...

81.08 - Petition. - (a) The petition shall be verified under oath and shall...

81.09 - Appointment of Court Evaluator. - (a) At the time of the issuance of the order...

81.10 - Counsel. - (a) Any person for whom relief under this article is...

81.11 - Hearing. - (a) A determination that the appointment of a guardian is...

81.12 - Burden and Quantum of Proof. - (a) A determination that a person is incapacitated under the...

81.13 - Timing of Hearing. - Unless the court, for good cause shown, orders otherwise, a...

81.14 - Record of the Proceedings. - (a) A record of the proceedings shall be made in...

81.15 - Findings. - (a) Where the court determines that the person agrees to...

81.16 - Dispositional Alternatives. - (a) Dismissal of the petition. If the person alleged to...

81.17 - Nomination of Guardian. - In the petition, or in a written instrument duly executed,...

81.18 - Foreign Guardian for a Person Not Present in the State. - Where the person alleged to be incapacitated is not present...

81.19 - Eligibility as Guardian. - (a) 1. Any individual over eighteen years of age, or...

81.20 - Duties of Guardian. - (a) Duties of guardian generally. 1. a guardian shall exercise...

81.21 - Powers of Guardian; Property Management. - (a) Consistent with the functional limitations of the incapacitated person,...

81.22 - Powers of Guardian; Personal Needs. - (a) Consistent with the functional limitations of the incapacitated person,...

81.23 - Provisional Remedies. - (a) Temporary guardian. 1. At the commencement of the proceeding...

81.24 - Notice of Pendency. - The petitioner shall, prior to judgment, file a notice of...

81.25 - Filing of Bond by Guardian. - (a) Before the guardian, or special guardian appointed under this...

81.26 - Designation of Clerk to Receive Process. - No commission shall issue nor shall any order which in...

81.27 - Commission to Guardian. - Within five days after the guardian has filed a designation...

81.28 - Compensation of Guardian. - (a) The court shall establish, and may from time to...

81.29 - Effect of the Appointment on the Incapacitated Person. - (a) An incapacitated person for whom a guardian has been...

81.30 - Initial Report. - (a) No later than ninety days after the issuance of...

81.31 - Annual Report. - (a) Filing of annual report. Every guardian shall file a...

81.32 - Examination of Initial and Annual Reports. - (a) Examination of reports generally. 1. Initial report. Within thirty...

81.33 - Intermediate and Final Report. - (a) A guardian may move in the court of his...

81.34 - Decree on Filing Instruments Approving Accounts. - (a) The guardian or the personal representative of the guardian...

81.35 - Removal of Guardian. - Upon motion, the court appointing a guardian may remove such...

81.36 - Discharge or Modification of Powers of Guardian. - (a) The court appointing the guardian shall discharge such guardian,...

81.37 - Resignation or Suspension of Powers of Guardian. - (a) The court appointing a guardian may allow the guardian...

81.38 - Vacancy in Office. - (a) Interim guardian. A vacancy created by the death, removal,...

81.39 - Guardian Education Requirements. - (a) Each incapacitated person is entitled to a guardian whom...

81.40 - Court Evaluator Education Requirements. - (a) Each incapacitated person is entitled to a court evaluator...

81.41 - Court Examiner Education Requirements. - (a) Each incapacitated person is entitled to a thorough examination...

81.42 - Compliance. - (a) A motion to dismiss based on the alleged failure...

81.43 - Proceedings to Discover Property Withheld. - (a) To the extent that it is consistent with the...

81.44 - Proceedings Upon the Death of an Incapicitated Person. - (a) When used in this section: 1. "Statement of death"...

Article 82 - Supported Decision-Making

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