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Section 40.1-5-1. - Short title. - § 40.1-5-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as...
Section 40.1-5-2. - Definitions. - § 40.1-5-2. Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, or in...
Section 40.1-5-3. - General powers and duties of state department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. - § 40.1-5-3. General powers and duties of state department of...
Section 40.1-5-4. - Delegation of authority by director. - § 40.1-5-4. Delegation of authority by director. Unless otherwise herein...
Section 40.1-5-5. - Admission of patients generally — Rights of patients — Patients’ records — Competence of patients. - § 40.1-5-5. Admission of patients generally — Rights of patients...
Section 40.1-5-6. - Voluntary admission. - § 40.1-5-6. Voluntary admission. (a)(1) General. Any individual of lawful...
Section 40.1-5-7. - Emergency certification. - § 40.1-5-7. Emergency certification. (a) Applicants. (1) Any physician who,...
Section 40.1-5-7.1. - Emergency transportation by police. - § 40.1-5-7.1. Emergency transportation by police. (a) Any police officer...
Section 40.1-5-8. - Civil court certification. - § 40.1-5-8. Civil court certification. (a) Petitions. A verified petition...
Section 40.1-5-9. - Right to treatment — Treatment plan. - § 40.1-5-9. Right to treatment — Treatment plan. (a) Any...
Section 40.1-5-10. - Periodic institutional review proceedings. - § 40.1-5-10. Periodic institutional review proceedings. (a) In general. Each...
Section 40.1-5-11. - Discharge — Recertification. - § 40.1-5-11. Discharge — Recertification. (a) The official in charge...
Section 40.1-5-12. - Habeas corpus and other remedies. - § 40.1-5-12. Habeas corpus and other remedies. Nothing in this...
Section 40.1-5-13. - Mental health advocate. - § 40.1-5-13. Mental health advocate. There is hereby created the...
Section 40.1-5-14. - Appointment and term of office of mental health advocate. - § 40.1-5-14. Appointment and term of office of mental health...
Section 40.1-5-15. - Staff of mental health advocate. - § 40.1-5-15. Staff of mental health advocate. The mental health...
Section 40.1-5-16. - Appropriations. - § 40.1-5-16. Appropriations. The general assembly shall annually appropriate such...
Section 40.1-5-17. - Assistance of indigent persons. - § 40.1-5-17. Assistance of indigent persons. If the mental health...
Section 40.1-5-18. - Confidentiality of information received. - § 40.1-5-18. Confidentiality of information received. The mental health advocate,...
Section 40.1-5-19. - False statements and representations. - § 40.1-5-19. False statements and representations. Whoever knowingly makes a...
Section 40.1-5-20. - Exemption from court fees or charges. - § 40.1-5-20. Exemption from court fees or charges. Any client...
Section 40.1-5-21. - Annual report. - § 40.1-5-21. Annual report. The mental health advocate shall annually...
Section 40.1-5-22. - Duties of the mental health advocate. - § 40.1-5-22. Duties of the mental health advocate. The mental...
Section 40.1-5-23. - Access to information. - § 40.1-5-23. Access to information. The mental health advocate shall...
Section 40.1-5-24. - Rights and powers of mental health advocate. - § 40.1-5-24. Rights and powers of mental health advocate. The...
Section 40.1-5-24.1. - Powers to accept grants and bequests. - § 40.1-5-24.1. Powers to accept grants and bequests. The mental...
Section 40.1-5-25. - Use of confidential information. - § 40.1-5-25. Use of confidential information. Personnel of the mental...
Section 40.1-5-26. - Disclosure of confidential information and records. - § 40.1-5-26. Disclosure of confidential information and records. (a) The...
Section 40.1-5-27. - Release of information to patient’s family. - § 40.1-5-27. Release of information to patient’s family. Nothing in...
Section 40.1-5-27.1. - Disclosure by mental health professional. - § 40.1-5-27.1. Disclosure by mental health professional. (a) Notwithstanding §§...
Section 40.1-5-28. - Notice of disappearance of patient. - § 40.1-5-28. Notice of disappearance of patient. When disclosure is...
Section 40.1-5-29. - Record of disclosure. - § 40.1-5-29. Record of disclosure. When any disclosure of information...
Section 40.1-5-30. - Statistical data. - § 40.1-5-30. Statistical data. Nothing in this chapter shall be...
Section 40.1-5-31. - Maintenance of facilities. - § 40.1-5-31. Maintenance of facilities. Facilities under the jurisdiction, supervision,...
Section 40.1-5-32. - Transfer of patients. - § 40.1-5-32. Transfer of patients. (a) No transfer of a...
Section 40.1-5-33. - Payment for care and treatment. - § 40.1-5-33. Payment for care and treatment. For the purposes...
Section 40.1-5-34. - Exclusiveness of this chapter. - § 40.1-5-34. Exclusiveness of this chapter. Where under any provision...
Section 40.1-5-35. - Support of poor or indigent patients. - § 40.1-5-35. Support of poor or indigent patients. The director...
Section 40.1-5-36. - Guardians ad litem. - § 40.1-5-36. Guardians ad litem. (a) At any hearing hereunder...
Section 40.1-5-37. - Service of process on patients. - § 40.1-5-37. Service of process on patients. No civil process...
Section 40.1-5-38. - Conspiracy to admit person improperly. - § 40.1-5-38. Conspiracy to admit person improperly. Any person who...
Section 40.1-5-39. - Deprivation of rights of persons admitted to facilities. - § 40.1-5-39. Deprivation of rights of persons admitted to facilities....
Section 40.1-5-40. - Disciplinary action against employees of facilities. - § 40.1-5-40. Disciplinary action against employees of facilities. Any employee...
Section 40.1-5-40.1. - Duty to report. - § 40.1-5-40.1. Duty to report. Any employee who has reasonable...
Section 40.1-5-40.2. - Immunity from liability for reporting patient abuse. - § 40.1-5-40.2. Immunity from liability for reporting patient abuse. Any...
Section 40.1-5-41. - Immunity of physicians and surgeons from liability. - § 40.1-5-41. Immunity of physicians and surgeons from liability. Nothing...
Section 40.1-5-42. - Severability. - § 40.1-5-42. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or...
Section 40.1-5-43. - Applicability to acts done, rights accruing, orders, or admissions prior to January 1, 1975. - § 40.1-5-43. Applicability to acts done, rights accruing, orders, or...