§ 41-21-67. Person to be taken into custody; community mental health center as first point of entry for pre-evaluation screening and treatment; referral to crisis intervention team; appointment of examining physicians, or physician and psychologist, nurse practitioner or physician assistant; appointment of attorney; emergency patient status; notification to Department of Child Protection Services of possible danger to minor child under certain circumstances
Whenever the affidavit provided for in Section 41-21-65 is filed with the chancery clerk, the clerk, upon direction of the chancellor of the court, shall issue a writ directed to the sheriff of the proper county to take into custody the person alleged to be in need of treatment and to take the person for […]
§ 41-21-68. Establishment of regional holding facilities for the treatment and holding of individuals for the purpose of civil commitment
Regional commissions established under Section 41-19-31 et seq. are authorized to establish regional holding facilities for the treatment and holding of any person eighteen (18) years of age or older being held for the purpose of civil commitment. For the purpose of establishing regional holding facilities, each regional commission is authorized to create a holding […]
§ 41-21-35. Legal settlement of persons with mental illness and persons with an intellectual disability
The rule as to the legal settlement of paupers shall apply in cases of persons with mental illness and persons with an intellectual disability.
§ 41-21-61. Definitions
As used in Sections 41-21-61 through 41-21-107, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms defined have the meanings ascribed to them: “Appointed examiner” means a person appointed by the court under Section 41-21-67(2) to conduct a mental and physical examination of a person alleged to be in need of treatment. “Chancellor” means a chancellor […]