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Section 44-17-310. Voluntary admission. - If in the judgment of the director of a state...
Section 44-17-320. Discharge of voluntary patient by superintendent. - The superintendent of a hospital shall discharge any voluntary patient...
Section 44-17-330. Discharge at request of patient or another person. - A voluntary patient who requests to be discharged or whose...
Section 44-17-340. Written notice of right to release. - At the time of his admission to the hospital and...
Section 44-17-410. Emergency admission of person likely to cause serious harm; procedures; court review; assessment by examiners; initiation of emergency commitment procedures; hearing; right to counsel. - A person may be admitted to a public or private...
Section 44-17-415. Physical examination report to accompany certification for emergency admission. - Any certification for an emergency admission of a person fifty-five...
Section 44-17-420. Notice of hearing. - At least five days before the hearing scheduled by the...
Section 44-17-430. Examination under custody of person requiring immediate hospitalization when examination not otherwise possible. - If a person believed to be mentally ill and because...
Section 44-17-440. Custody and transport of person requiring immediate care; peace officer; friend or relative. - (A) The certificate required by Section 44-17-410, emergency admission, must...
Section 44-17-450. Preadmission screening and evaluation in psychiatric emergencies. - The Department of Mental Health, in conjunction with its local...
Section 44-17-460. Examinations prior to emergency admissions to psychiatric facilities. - Prior to the emergency admission of any person to a...
Section 44-17-510. Petition for judicial commitment; certificate of designated examiner. - Proceedings for involuntary hospitalization by judicial procedure may be commenced...
Section 44-17-520. Notice of petition and right to counsel. - Upon receipt of a petition the court shall give notice...
Section 44-17-530. Appointment of counsel; examination and record. - Within three days after the petition for judicial commitment set...
Section 44-17-540. Hearing to be held if examiners find mental illness. - If the report of the two designated examiners, other than...
Section 44-17-550. Notice of hearing and rights. - Notice of the hearing must be given to the person,...
Section 44-17-560. Removal of proceedings to another county. - The individual shall have the right to demand removal of...
Section 44-17-570. Conduct of hearing. - All persons to whom notice is required may appear at...
Section 44-17-580. Hospitalization of person if court finds mental illness and other conditions. - (A) If, upon completion of the hearing and consideration of...
Section 44-17-600. No admission based on order more than thirty days after it has been rendered. - Any individual with respect to whom such order of hospitalization...
Section 44-17-610. Commitment to private, county, Veterans' Administration, or other hospital. - Upon request by the individual, his relatives, spouse or guardian...
Section 44-17-620. Appeal. - The petitioner or the person shall have the right to...
Section 44-17-630. Right to reexamination; notice. - A patient is entitled to a reexamination on the patient's...
Section 44-17-640. Admission to agency of the United States; jurisdiction retained. - If any person ordered to be admitted to an institution...
Section 44-17-660. Payment of monies to state employees who are not performing their duties as state employees and are not full-time state employees. - Monies appropriated to implement the provisions of this article may...
Section 44-17-810. Release or discharge upon own recognizance. - Unless in the opinion of the attending physician a person...
Section 44-17-860. Unlawful taking of person from mental health facility without permission. - It shall be unlawful for any person, without prior authorization...
Section 44-17-865. Department to notify law enforcement officials of patients absent without proper authorization. - If any person involuntarily committed to a facility under the...
Section 44-17-870. Reconfinement of involuntarily committed patient who has left treatment facility without proper authorization. - If a patient involuntarily committed to a facility under the...
Section 44-17-890. Discharge or leave of absence during judicial proceeding. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, no person with...
Section 44-17-900. Officials not liable for release or discharge of patient. - Neither the superintendent of a mental health facility nor any...