A. Any person may be admitted to a state mental hospital or state-operated community mental health center or a private mental health hospital or private community mental health center on a voluntary basis as an informal consumer when there are available accommodations and in the judgment of the person in charge of the facility or a designee such person may require treatment therein. Such person may be admitted as an informal consumer without making formal or written application therefor and any such informal consumer shall be free to leave such facility on any day between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and at such other times as the person in charge of the facility may determine.
B. No person shall be admitted as an informal consumer pursuant to the provisions of this section to any state mental hospital or state-operated community mental health center unless the person in charge of the facility or a designee has informed such consumer in writing of the following:
1. The rules and procedures of the facility relating to the discharge of informal consumers;
2. The legal rights of an informal consumer receiving treatment from the facility; and
3. The types of treatment which are available to the informal consumer at the facility.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 116, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Renumbered from § 560 of this title by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 103, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 150, § 39, emerg. eff. May 9, 2005; Laws 2022, c. 297, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
Structure Oklahoma Statutes
§43A-1-105. Mental or legal incompetence - Presumptions.
§43A-1-106. Representation of state in court proceedings.
§43A-1-107. Venue of actions - Hearings.
§43A-1-108. Habeas corpus - Notice - Evidence.
§43A-1-109. Confidential and privileged information - Disclosure.
§43A-1-109.1. Treatment advocates.
§43A-2-102. Department to have charge and control of state institutions.
§43A-2-104. Disposition of surplus equipment and land - Purchases.
§43A-2-105. Board as Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Authority.
§43A-2-110. Citizen advisory groups.
§43A-2-111. Real property trust.
§43A-2-201. Commissioner of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services - Qualifications - Salary.
§43A-2-202.1. Commissioner - Powers and duties.
§43A-2-203. Classifications of employee positions - Exceptions.
§43A-2-205. Internal audit program.
§43A-2-207. Employment of assistants and counsel by Commissioner to enforce claims.
§43A-2-213. Chaplain - Duties.
§43A-2-214. Training of institution personnel - Use of funds.
§43A-2-218. Misuse or misappropriation of funds or property of canteen.
§43A-2-219. Mistreatment of consumer.
§43A-2-220. Failure of executive director to report mistreatment.
§43A-2-224. Collection of information for administrative purposes - Confidentiality.
§43A-2-301. Office, records and files.
§43A-2-302. Central Office - Petty cash fund.
§43A-2-303. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Revolving Fund.
§43A-2-304. Malpractice insurance for certain employees.
§43A-2-305. Authorization to purchase.
§43A-2-310. Intra-agency Reimbursement Revolving Fund.
§43A-2-311. Community-based Substance Abuse Revolving Fund.
§43A-3-101. Facilities maintained for residents.
§43A-3-105. Children's Recovery Center of Oklahoma - Units - Petty cash fund.
§43A-3-107. Transitions Recovery Center - Petty cash fund - Transfer of property, records, etc.
§43A-3-107b. Tulsa Center for Behavioral Health.
§43A-3-108. Alcohol and drug treatment and rehabilitation of adolescents.
§43A-3-109. Canteens - Use of profits.
§43A-3-112. Membership in organizations or networks to provide behavioral health services.
§43A-3-201. Statewide system of precare and aftercare services.
§43A-3-306. Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services - Responsibilities and authority.
§43A-3-306.1. Certification as community mental health center.
§43A-3-311. Authorization and expenditures of funds.
§43A-3-315. Certification as community residential mental health programs.
§43A-3-315.1. Supportive assistance services for residents of facilities.
§43A-3-317. Community-based structured crisis centers.
§43A-3-318. Certification of behavioral health case managers - Use of title.
§43A-3-319. Certification as program of assertive community treatment.
§43A-3-320. Certified Eating Disorder Treatment Programs.
§43A-3-321. Eating disorder treatment program - Injunction.
§43A-3-322. Certified Gambling Addiction Treatment Programs.
§43A-3-322a. Problem Gambling Treatment Counselors - Certification.
§43A-3-323. Gambling addiction treatment program - Injunction.
§43A-3-323A. Mental Illness Service Program - Certification.
§43A-3-324. Certification and renewal fees.
§43A-3-325. Contracts with public and private entities to provide services.
§43A-3-326. Peer recovery support specialists.
§43A-3-402. Public policy - Purpose.
§43A-3-405. Expenditure of funds.
§43A-3-406.1. Purchase of alcohol and drug therapy.
§43A-3-416. Standards - Treatment services and rules of operation - Guidelines.
§43A-3-417. Health and safety standards.
§43A-3-417.1. Transitional living centers and halfway houses – Nondiscriminatory zoning laws.
§43A-3-424. Visitation privileges - Mail or other communication - Telephones.
§43A-3-425. Alcohol- and drug-dependent person with associated medical problems - Treatment.
§43A-3-425.1. HIV education, testing and counseling services.
§43A-3-426. Fees and costs - Payment.
§43A-3-427. Alcohol- or drug-dependent person deemed mentally ill.
§43A-3-428. Intoxicated person in public place - Assistance - Protective custody - Detention.
§43A-3-429. Emergency service patrols.
§43A-3-453. Authorized course providers - Fees - Course requirements.
§43A-3-453.1. Operating facility without certification - Injunction.
§43A-3-453.2. Course facilitator certification - Requirements - Time limit.
§43a-3-460.1. Performing alcohol and drug assessments without certification - Injunction.
§43A-3-601. Opioid substitution treatment programs – Definitions – Rules and standards - Violations.
§43A-3-602. Course of treatment in opioid substitution treatment program – Maximum daily dose.
§43A-3-704. Mental health and substance abuse evaluation - Convicted felons.
§43A-4-101. Humane care and treatment - Food - Discipline - Medical care.
§43A-4-102. Individualized treatment plans - Requirements.
§43A-4-103.1. Custody and control of consumer - Responsibility for care and treatment.
§43A-4-104. Surgical operations - Notice - Emergency.
§43A-4-105. Service of court citation, order or process - Return - Effect.
§43A-4-106. Mechanical restraints - Record.
§43A-4-107a. Visitation privileges - Mail or other communication - Telephones.
§43A-4-108. Labor by consumers - Work therapy - Compensation.
§43A-4-201. Liability of consumer and estate for cost of care and treatment.
§43A-4-202. Amount payable for care and treatment - Inability to pay.
§43A-4-204. Time of payment - Statement of sum due.
§43A-4-205. Payment by guardian - Collection by legal proceeding.
§43A-4-206. Proof of indebtedness - Disposition of money collected.
§43A-5-101. Procedures for admission to state facility, psychiatric hospital or private institution.
§43A-5-102. Official forms required - Order as sufficient authority and protection.
§43A-5-103. Unlawful or malicious confinement in institution.
§43A-5-104. False attestation - Penalty.
§43A-5-201. Rights of detained persons upon entry into facility.
§43A-5-203. Conveying females to facility - Female assistants - County expense.
§43A-5-207. Local Law Enforcement Mental Health Manpower Act.
§43A-5-207v1. Local Law Enforcement Mental Health Manpower Act.
§43A-5-207v2. Local Law Enforcement Mental Health Manpower Act.
§43A-5-208. Initial assessments - Emergency detention - Release.
§43A-5-213. Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Emergency Dispatch Task Force.
§43A-5-302. Informal consumers - Admission.
§43A-5-303. Refusal to admit informal consumer - Liability.
§43A-5-304. Voluntary admission to state facilities - Cost of care and treatment - Bond.
§43A-5-305. Application for voluntary admission.
§43A-5-306. Certificate of physician.
§43A-5-307. Questioning of applicant by judge of the district court - Order.
§43A-5-308. Order authorizing admission.
§43A-5-309. Detention against will prohibited - Notice of desire to be discharged.
§43A-5-310. Mental Health Law provisions applicable.
§43A-5-311. Procedure as cumulative.
§43A-5-410. Petition regarding person requiring treatment.
§43A-5-411. Rights of individual alleged to require treatment.
§43A-5-413. Prehearing detention.
§43A-5-415. Hearing – Order - Records.
§43A-5-416. Alternatives to hospitalization.
§43A-5-417. Precommitment examination - Matters included.
§43A-5-419. Modification order - Notice - Contents of notice.
§43A-5-420. Review of status of persons involuntarily committed for treatment.
§43A-5-421. Emergency service patrols.
§43A-5-501. Short title - Legislative intent.
§43A-5-503. Voluntary and involuntary admission for treatment.
§43A-5-504. Jurisdiction – Venue - Powers of court.
§43A-5-505.1. Protective custody – Statements – Initial assessment.
§43A-5-506. Initial assessment - Emergency admission or detention –Evaluation - Hearing.
§43A-5-508. Mental health evaluation – Contents and signature - Records.
§43A-5-509. Filing of petition - Contents - Proposed individual treatment plan.
§43A-5-510. Notice of hearing on petition - Appointment of attorney - Evaluation report.
§43A-5-511. Hearings - Right to trial by jury.
§43A-5-513. Individualized treatment plan - Discharge plan.
§43A-5-521. Pilot projects for community-based system of care.
§43A-6-101. Nonresident consumers - Transfer to state of residence.
§43A-6-102. Transfer to federal agency for care and treatment.
§43A-6-103. Residents of state in institutions of other states - Admission to Oklahoma institution.
§43A-6-104. Bringing poor or indigent person into state.
§43A-6-201. Enactment of compact - Text.
§43A-6-202. Compact administrator - Powers.
§43A-6-203. Supplemental agreements.
§43A-6-204. Discharge of financial obligations.
§43A-6-205. Proposed transferees.
§43A-7-102. Discharge planning and assistance.
§43A-7-103. Clothing and expenses upon release.
§43A-7-104. Placement of homeless consumers.
§43A-7-105. Delivery of personal funds at time of discharge.
§43A-7-106. Return of property upon death or discharge.
§43A-7-108. Removal or enticement, assistance or encouragement to escape.
§43A-7-112. Judicial proceeding for declaration of restoration to soundness of mind - Procedure.
§43A-9-101. Voluntary treatment - Application - Admission - Discharge.
§43A-10-104. See the following versions:
§43A-10-105. Investigation of report.
§43A-10-106. Voluntary protective services.
§43A-10-107. Involuntary protective services.
§43A-10-108. Petition for involuntary protective services.
§43A-10-109. Utilization of available services.
§43A-10-109a. Uniform policies for Department employees providing services for vulnerable adults.
§43A-10-110. Confidentiality of records and reports.
§43A-10-110.1. Public disclosure.
§43A-10-111. District court orders - Visitation.
§43A-10-111.1. Vulnerable Adult Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation Report.
§43A-10-112. Vulnerable Adult Intervention Task Force - Members - Terms - Duties.
§43A-10-113. Sexual contact form for caretakers.
§43A-11-102. Legislative findings.
§43A-11-104. Execution - Rights not affected - Presumptions.
§43A-11-105. Validity - Witnesses - Eligibility as attorney-in-fact.
§43A-11-106. Form of advance directive - Designation and authority of attorney-in-fact.
§43A-11-109. Revocation - Actual notice.
§43A-11-111. Petition for appointment of guardian.
§43A-11-112. Immunity from civil or criminal liability.
§43A-11-113. Violations - Penalties.
§43A-12-104. Oklahoma Suicide Prevention Council - Responsibilities.
§43A-12-105. Authority of Department - Evaluation report.