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Section 44-24-10. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) "Child" means a person...
Section 44-24-20. Voluntary admission; notification of guardian ad litem. - (A) If a child is found to be a proper...
Section 44-24-30. Admission of child sixteen or older as inpatient; determination of voluntariness; appointment of guardian ad litem. - When a child sixteen years of age or older is...
Section 44-24-40. Discharge of voluntarily admitted child; grounds for not effecting discharge. - The director of a treatment program or facility immediately shall...
Section 44-24-50. Periodic notification to voluntarily admitted child and parent or guardian of right to release. - When admitted to the residential program or facility, thirty days...
Section 44-24-60. Emergency admission of child to inpatient hospital. - (A) A child may be admitted to an inpatient hospital...
Section 44-24-70. Taking custody of child needing emergency admission. - If a child in need of emergency admission cannot be...
Section 44-24-80. Transportation of child to hospital; parent's or guardian's request to accompany child. - The certificate provided for in Section 44-24-60(A)(2) requires a law...
Section 44-24-90. Notification to child and guardian of petition; contents of petition; right to counsel; examination and conclusions. - (A) Proceedings for judicial admission to a treatment program or...
Section 44-24-100. Notice of hearing for emergency or judicial admission. - Notice of the hearing for an emergency admission or a...
Section 44-24-110. Examiners' reports; disposition of child when report does not recommend judicial admission, recommends judicial admission, or is divided. - (A) The written reports filed with the court by the...
Section 44-24-120. Removal of proceedings to another county. - The child or the child's guardian may request removal of...
Section 44-24-130. Hearing; location; testimony; rules of evidence; transcript. - A person to whom notice is required may appear at...
Section 44-24-140. Determination after presentation of evidence. - (A) If the court finds, after presentation of all the...
Section 44-24-150. Psychiatric evaluations of children; notification of victims. - (A) A family court may order that a child, who...
Section 44-24-160. Examination and review of child admitted to inpatient program; program of care and treatment. - A child admitted to an inpatient treatment program must be...
Section 44-24-170. Right to reexamination; notice of right; proceedings upon petition for reexamination. - (A) A child is entitled to have a reexamination on...
Section 44-24-180. Court review of case of child involuntarily admitted. - (A) A child in need of treatment admitted involuntarily to...
Section 44-24-190. Notification to court when child moved to different program; court approval for move to more restrictive program; placement in crisis stabilization. - (A) No child who has been admitted involuntarily to a...
Section 44-24-200. Unauthorized absence of child from facility or residential program. - (A) If a child committed to an inpatient facility or...
Section 44-24-210. Unlawful to remove child from inpatient facility or residential program without authorization. - It is unlawful for a person, without prior authorization from...
Section 44-24-220. Requirement of discharge planning and continuity of service in community. - No child may be discharged by the department or private...
Section 44-24-230. Provision of community-based treatment as alternative to hospitalization. - In order to provide community-based treatment as an alternative to...
Section 44-24-240. Agencies to participate in planning and provision of services; exchange of records. - Agencies providing services to children or holding legal custody of...
Section 44-24-250. Consultation with parent or guardian; participation in or cooperation with treatment. - A parent or guardian of a child admitted to a...
Section 44-24-260. Child's right to communicate, consult, or visit with agency or person having custody, with counsel, or with private mental health service provider. - A child who is a patient of a treatment facility...
Section 44-24-270. Personal, civil, and property rights of child in treatment program. - (A) A child who is a patient of a treatment...
Section 44-24-280. Use of restraint, seclusion, or physical coercion; corporal punishment prohibited. - No child may be subjected to mechanical or chemical restraints,...