§ 41-30-23. Voluntary submission to treatment; admission and duration of in-patient treatment
The administrator in charge of any approved public or private in-patient, out-patient, or intermediate facility, subject to the rules and regulations established by the division, may determine who shall be admitted for treatment; provided no person shall be retained by the treatment facility upon voluntary commitment on an in-patient basis for a period in excess […]
§ 41-30-25. After-care treatment and assistance
Upon his or her discharge from, or upon leaving, an approved public or private treatment facility, a patient who was receiving treatment for alcoholism or for drug addiction or dependency shall be encouraged to consent to appropriate outpatient, intermediate care, or other after-care treatment. If it appears to the administrator in charge of the treatment […]
§ 41-30-27. Emergency involuntary commitment; alcoholics; drug addicts
A person may be admitted to an approved public or private treatment facility for emergency care and treatment upon a decree of the chancery court accepting an application for admission thereto accompanied by the certificate of two (2) licensed physicians. The application shall be to the chancery court of the county of such person’s residence […]
§ 41-30-29. Supplemental nature of provisions for emergency involuntary commitment
The provisions of subsections (3) and (4) of Section 41-30-27 shall be supplemental and in addition to the provisions of Title 41, Chapter 31, Mississippi Code of 1972, which pertain to commitment of alcoholics.
§ 41-30-31. Involuntary commitment exceeding five days
Involuntary commitment of an individual to an approved public or private treatment facility for treatment or rehabilitation for a period in excess of five (5) days shall be according to the provisions of Title 41, Chapter 31, Mississippi Code of 1972.
§ 41-30-1. Title
This chapter shall be cited as the “Comprehensive Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse Prevention, Control and Treatment Act of 1974.”
§ 41-30-3. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the definition ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires: “Board” shall mean the Mississippi State Board of Health, or in the event the 1974 Regular Session shall enact House Bill 411 and thereby, upon approval by the Governor, create a Board of Mental Health, the […]
§ 41-30-5. Division of alcohol and drug misuse; qualifications of director
There is hereby created a division of alcohol and drug misuse within the Mississippi State Board of Health or, if the 1974 Regular Session shall enact House Bill 411 and thereby, upon approval by the governor, create a board of mental health or department of mental health, then the division shall be created in such […]
§ 41-30-7. General duties of division
The division shall have the following duties: To formulate, develop and implement a statewide plan for the prevention and detection of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, and the care, treatment and rehabilitation of alcohol abusers and alcoholics. The division shall also implement the statewide plan through approved public and private treatment facilities including regional and community […]