§ 1177. Expense of transportation
(a) The expense of conveying all public patients to a mental hospital shall be borne by the government of the Virgin Islands and shall be paid upon sworn account of the officer or person performing such service, showing in detail the actual expense incurred in the transportation. (b) In case any public patient is possessed […]
§ 1201. Discharge of patients
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, any patient may be discharged from the mental hospital at any time upon a unanimous decision of the Sanity Board. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a recovered patient may be discharged by the proper authorities of the mental hospital, whether […]
§ 1202. Procedure regarding mentally ill prisoners
When a prisoner eligible for discharge from the penitentiary or during his term of incarceration is alleged by the Commissioner of Public Safety to be mentally ill, and it shall be adjudged in accordance with the provisions of this chapter by the district court that such prisoner is mentally ill, he shall be conveyed to […]
§ 1203. Return of escaped patients
If any person confined in the mental hospital shall escape therefrom the marshal or a peace officer shall apprehend and return him to the mental hospital.
§ 1204. Rules and regulations
The Commissioner of Health may adopt all necessary regulations not in conflict with this chapter for the admission, care, and discharge of patients in the mental hospital.
§ 1176. Maintenance of patients
(a) All indigent public patients shall be kept and maintained at the expense of the government of the Virgin Islands. (b) All public patients not indigent shall be kept and maintained at the expense of the government of the Virgin Islands in the first instance, but in such cases the government shall be entitled to […]
§ 1173. Record of proceedings; transcript to Commissioner of Health
The proceedings in cases pursuant to this chapter shall be entered on record in the civil minutes of the district court by the clerk thereof. Before any patient is sent to the hospital, the judge shall cause a complete transcript of the proceedings to be made and certified by the clerk under the seal of […]
§ 1174. Persons who may be admitted into mental hospital
The following persons may be admitted into the mental hospital as patients— (1) All persons who have been adjudged mentally ill by the district court and ordered to be conveyed to the mental hospital and who are indigent. Such patients shall be known as “public patients”. (2) All persons who may be certified to be […]
§ 1174a. Preliminary psychiatric evaluation
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter, the Commissioner of Health shall order a preliminary psychiatric evaluation of all mentally ill persons referred to him for treatment in a mental hospital. Such evaluation shall be conducted by either the hospital psychiatrist, a psychiatrist designated by the Commissioner, or the medical director of the hospital; and, […]
§ 1175. Admission of private patient upon request
Before any person can be received in the mental hospital as a private patient, the parent or legal guardian of such person, or in case he has no parent or legal guardian, some near relative or other person interested in him shall present a written request to the Commissioner of Health for admission, setting forth […]