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Section 632.300 – Procedure when a likelihood of serious harm is alleged.

Effective – 28 Aug 1996 632.300. Procedure when a likelihood of serious harm is alleged. — 1. When a mental health coordinator receives information alleging that a person, as the result of a mental disorder, presents a likelihood of serious harm to himself or others, he shall: (1) Conduct an investigation; (2) Evaluate the allegations […]

Section 632.312 – Transportation costs, sheriff may be reimbursed.

Effective – 28 Aug 2011 632.312. Transportation costs, sheriff may be reimbursed. — Notwithstanding the provisions of section 105.452 to the contrary, a sheriff may receive reimbursement for the actual costs of transporting a person to and from a mental health facility pursuant to chapter 632 from a public or private hospital, not-for-profit charitable organization, […]

Section 632.315 – Copies of admission application to be furnished.

Effective – 28 Aug 1980 632.315. Copies of admission application to be furnished. — Any mental health facility accepting a respondent pursuant to section 632.310 shall be furnished a copy of the application for initial detention and evaluation. If a person is involuntarily detained in a mental health facility pursuant to section 632.310, no later […]

Section 632.320 – Time limits for certain procedures.

Effective – 28 Aug 1980 632.320. Time limits for certain procedures. — 1. Within three hours of the time at which the respondent arrives at a mental health facility he shall: (1) Be seen by a mental health professional or registered professional nurse; and (2) Be given a copy of the application for initial detention […]

Section 632.325 – Information to be furnished to patient and others, when.

Effective – 28 Aug 1996 632.325. Information to be furnished to patient and others, when. — If the respondent is accepted for evaluation or for evaluation and treatment pursuant to this chapter, he shall be advised, orally and in writing, of the information contained in subdivisions (1) through (11) of this section. The respondent’s guardian […]

Section 632.335 – Court procedures relating to continued detention or outpatient detention and treatment — continued detention may be ordered — patient’s rights relating thereto.

Effective – 28 Aug 1996 632.335. Court procedures relating to continued detention or outpatient detention and treatment — continued detention may be ordered — patient’s rights relating thereto. — 1. The petition for additional inpatient detention and treatment not to exceed twenty-one days or the petition for outpatient detention and treatment not to exceed one […]

Section 632.340 – Further additional detention or outpatient detention and treatment may be requested — hearing to be held, when — treatment plan to be presented.

Effective – 28 Aug 1996 632.340. Further additional detention or outpatient detention and treatment may be requested — hearing to be held, when — treatment plan to be presented. — 1. Before the expiration of the twenty-one-day inpatient detention and treatment period ordered pursuant to section 632.335, the court may order the respondent to be […]

Section 632.350 – Conduct of hearing — jury question — result.

Effective – 28 Aug 1996 632.350. Conduct of hearing — jury question — result. — 1. The hearing for a ninety-day inpatient detention and treatment period or for outpatient detention and treatment for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty days shall be conducted in as informal a manner as may be consistent with […]

Section 632.360 – Discharge of patient, when — procedure.

Effective – 28 Aug 1996 632.360. Discharge of patient, when — procedure. — At the end of any detention period ordered by the court under this chapter, the respondent shall be discharged unless a petition for further detention is filed and heard in the same manner as provided herein. Successive one-year detention periods, or successive […]

Section 632.365 – Where detention to take place.

Effective – 28 Aug 1996 632.365. Where detention to take place. — Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, whenever a court orders a person detained for involuntary treatment in a mental health program operated by the department, the order of detention shall be to the custody of the director of the […]

Section 632.370 – Transfer of patient by department — hearing on transfer of minor to adult ward — consent required — notice to be given — considerations — transfer to federal facility, notice, restrictions.

Effective – 28 Aug 2011 632.370. Transfer of patient by department — hearing on transfer of minor to adult ward — consent required — notice to be given — considerations — transfer to federal facility, notice, restrictions. — 1. The department may transfer, or authorize the transfer of, an involuntary patient detained under this chapter, […]

Section 632.380 – Provisions of chapter not to apply to certain persons.

Effective – 28 Aug 2011 632.380. Provisions of chapter not to apply to certain persons. — Persons with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability or who are senile or impaired by alcoholism or drug abuse shall not be detained judicially under this chapter, unless they are also mentally ill and as a result present […]

Section 632.385 – Patient to be placed outside facility, when — conditions — duration — furloughs — modification of orders — notice requirements.

Effective – 28 Aug 1988 632.385. Patient to be placed outside facility, when — conditions — duration — furloughs — modification of orders — notice requirements. — 1. The head of a mental health facility shall release a patient, whether voluntary or involuntary, from the facility to the least restrictive environment, including referral to and […]