§ 37-7-41. Emergency Involuntary Treatment; Who May Certify Need; Delivery for Examination; Report of Delivery Required; Annual Report
Any physician within this state may execute a certificate stating that he has personally examined a person within the preceding 48 hours and found that, based upon observations set forth in the certificate, the person appears to be an alcoholic, a drug dependent individual, or a drug abuser requiring involuntary treatment. A physician’s certificate shall […]
§ 37-7-42. Emergency Admission of Persons Arrested for Penal Offenses; Report by Officer; Entry of Report Into Clinical Record
A peace officer may take any person to a physician within the county or an adjoining county for emergency examination by the physician, as provided in Code Section 37-7-41, or directly to an emergency receiving facility if the person is committing a penal offense and the peace officer has probable cause for believing that the […]
§ 37-7-43. Procedure Upon Admission; Notice of Proposed Discharge
A patient who is admitted to an emergency receiving facility shall be examined by a physician as soon thereafter as possible but in any event within 48 hours and may be given such emergency treatment as is indicated by good medical practice. The patient must be discharged within 48 hours of his admission unless: An […]
§ 37-7-44. Giving Patient and His Representatives Notice of Their Rights Upon Patient’s Admission to Emergency Receiving Facility
Immediately upon arrival of a patient at an emergency receiving facility under Code Section 37-7-43, the facility shall give the patient written notice of his right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus or for a protective order under Code Section 37-7-148. This written notice shall also inform the patient that he has a […]
§ 37-7-90. Physician’s or Psychologist’s Determination and Certification as to Involuntary Outpatient Care; Treatment of Patient as Inpatient or Outpatient
When a physician or psychologist at a facility or on behalf of a facility determines and certifies under this article that there is reason to believe a patient admitted to or examined at the facility is an alcoholic, a drug dependent individual, or a drug abuser requiring involuntary treatment, that physician or psychologist shall further […]
§ 37-7-91. Discharge of Persons Meeting Outpatient Care Criteria; Time; Preparation of Service Plan; Interim Outpatient Treatment; Notice of Discharge; Petition for Hearing
A person who is in the physical custody of a community mental health center, emergency receiving facility, or evaluating facility and who is determined by a physician or a psychologist, at or on behalf of that facility, to meet all of the outpatient treatment requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c) of […]
§ 37-7-6. Apprehension by Peace Officer of Patient Who Leaves Facility Without Permission
If, during the period of involuntary hospitalization pursuant to any valid physician’s certificate, court order, or order by the hearing examiner authorized by this chapter, a patient escapes or otherwise leaves a facility without permission, the facility may advise any peace officer that the patient has escaped or otherwise left the facility without permission; and […]
§ 37-7-7. Approval of Private Facilities as Emergency Receiving Facilities, Evaluating Facilities, or Treatment Facilities; Powers and Duties of Private Facilities; Right to Deny Admission
Any private facility within this state may be approved as an emergency receiving facility, an evaluating facility, or a treatment facility by the department at the request of or with the consent of the governing officers of such private facility. When so approved, the private facility shall have all powers given to the corresponding type […]
§ 37-7-8. “Drug” Defined; Right of Minor to Obtain Treatment of Drug Abuse on Minor’s Consent Alone; Binding Effect of Consent; Informing Minor’s Parent, Spouse, Custodian, or Guardian of Treatment
As used in this Code section, the term “drug” means any drug as defined in Code Section 26-3-2, any dangerous drug as defined in Code Section 16-13-71, any controlled substance as defined in Code Section 16-13-21, and any narcotic drug as defined in Code Section 16-13-21. The consent to the provision of medical or surgical […]
§ 37-7-20. Admission of Voluntary Patients; Parental Consent to Treatment; Giving Notice of Rights to Patient at Time of Admission
The chief medical officer of any facility may receive for observation and diagnosis any patient 12 years of age or older making application therefor, any patient under 18 years of age for whom such application is made by his parent or guardian, and any patient who has been declared legally incompetent and for whom such […]