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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 […]

Section 632.405 – Prosecutor’s duties.

Effective – 28 Aug 1980 632.405. Prosecutor’s duties. — It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney of the county wherein a hearing described under this chapter takes place to represent the petitioner and to file and prosecute in court all petitions for detention, evaluation and treatment pursuant to this chapter. Such duty shall […]

Section 632.410 – Venue — change of jurisdiction.

Effective – 28 Aug 1996 632.410. Venue — change of jurisdiction. — Venue for proceedings for involuntary detentions pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be in the court having probate jurisdiction in the county in which the mental health program is located wherein the respondent is detained; provided, however, that if the respondent […]

Section 632.420 – Certain examining physicians to be paid by state.

Effective – 28 Aug 1980 632.420. Certain examining physicians to be paid by state. — The court having probate jurisdiction in appointing licensed physicians pursuant to section 632.345 shall choose, if available, physicians who have agreed to serve without fee or physicians paid by any private or public agency, if they are found suitable; provided, […]

Section 632.425 – Physician-patient, psychologist-patient privileges waived in detention proceedings.

Effective – 28 Aug 1980 632.425. Physician-patient, psychologist-patient privileges waived in detention proceedings. — The physician-patient privilege recognized by section 491.060 and the psychologist-patient privilege recognized by section 337.055 shall be deemed waived in detention proceedings under this chapter. The fact that such privileges have been waived pursuant to this section does not by itself […]

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, […]