Section 632.440 – No liability for health care professionals, public officials and certain peace officers.
Effective – 28 Aug 2008 632.440. No liability for health care professionals, public officials and certain peace officers. — No officer of a public or private agency, mental health facility or mental health program; no head, attending staff or consultant of any such agency, facility or mental health program; no mental health coordinator, registered professional […]
Section 632.445 – No liability for petitioners.
Effective – 28 Aug 1980 632.445. No liability for petitioners. — No person making or filing an application alleging that a person should be involuntarily detained, certified or committed, treated or evaluated pursuant to this chapter shall be rendered civilly or criminally liable if the application was made and filed in good faith. ——– (L. […]
Section 632.450 – Representation by attorney required — duties of attorney.
Effective – 28 Aug 1980 632.450. Representation by attorney required — duties of attorney. — 1. An attorney shall be appointed to represent the respondent in all judicial proceedings under this chapter, including appeal, unless relieved by the courts for good cause shown. 2. The attorneys shall personally contact the respondent within two days of […]
Section 632.455 – Patient, absent without permission, return may be requested, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 1996 632.455. Patient, absent without permission, return may be requested, when. — 1. If requested to do so by the head of a mental health program, the sheriff of the county where a patient absent without authorization is found shall apprehend and return him to the program. 2. The head of […]
Section 632.475 – Sexual psychopaths committed before August 13, 1980, effect — application for release, hearing procedure — law officers to be given notice of probation or discharge.
Effective – 28 Aug 1982 632.475. Sexual psychopaths committed before August 13, 1980, effect — application for release, hearing procedure — law officers to be given notice of probation or discharge. — 1. Persons committed to the department as criminal sexual psychopaths under statutes in effect before August 13, 1980, shall remain committed under those […]
Section 632.435 – Habeas corpus.
Effective – 28 Aug 1980 632.435. Habeas corpus. — Any person detained under this chapter shall be entitled to apply for a writ of habeas corpus. ——– (L. 1980 H.B. 1724) CROSS REFERENCE: Alcohol and drug abuse detention, right of application for writ of habeas corpus, 631.175
Section 632.390 – Head of program to release certain patients — notification to interested parties — involuntary patient may become voluntary, notification to interested parties.
Effective – 28 Aug 1996 632.390. Head of program to release certain patients — notification to interested parties — involuntary patient may become voluntary, notification to interested parties. — 1. The head of a mental health program shall release any person who is involuntarily detained under this chapter when, in his opinion, the person is […]
Section 632.392 – Release of patient involuntarily detained, duties of department — educational materials — disclosure of confidential information — “care provider” defined.
Effective – 28 Aug 1996 632.392. Release of patient involuntarily detained, duties of department — educational materials — disclosure of confidential information — “care provider” defined. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of section 630.140, a mental health program and any treating physician, upon release of a patient who was committed or who […]
Section 632.395 – Court may order transfer of custody to federal facility, when — head of federal facility to be successor administrator — court to retain jurisdiction — orders from courts of other states to be observed in this state.
Effective – 28 Aug 1980 632.395. Court may order transfer of custody to federal facility, when — head of federal facility to be successor administrator — court to retain jurisdiction — orders from courts of other states to be observed in this state. — 1. If an individual ordered to be involuntarily detained or committed, […]
Section 632.400 – Reexamination of detained person.
Effective – 28 Aug 1996 632.400. Reexamination of detained person. — Any respondent ordered detained for ninety-day or one-year periods of involuntary inpatient treatment or ordered detained for a period of up to one hundred eighty days of outpatient detention and treatment under this chapter shall be entitled to a reexamination of the order for […]