1. There are two types of admissions of persons with intellectual disabilities or persons with developmental disabilities to an intellectual and developmental disability center: (a) Voluntary admission. (b) Involuntary admission. 2. An application for admission of a person with an intellectual disability or a person with a developmental disability to an intellectual and developmental disability […]
1. Any person with an intellectual disability or any person with a developmental disability may apply to any intellectual and developmental disability center for admission as a voluntary consumer. The person’s parent or guardian or another responsible person may submit the application on his or her behalf. 2. If the person or a responsible party […]
Whenever a person is alleged to be a person with an intellectual disability or a person with a developmental disability and is alleged to be a clear and present danger to himself or herself or others, the person’s parent or guardian or another responsible person may initiate proceedings for his or her involuntary admission to […]
Immediately after receiving the petition, the clerk of the district court shall transmit the petition to the district judge, who shall: 1. Determine whether appropriate space and programs are available for the person at the intellectual and developmental disability center to which it is proposed that the person be admitted; and 2. If appropriate space […]
1. After the petition is filed, the court may cause a physician or licensed psychologist promptly to examine the person who is the subject of the petition or request an evaluation from the intellectual and developmental disability center to which it is proposed the person be admitted. Any physician or licensed psychologist requested by the […]
1. The person alleged to be a person with an intellectual disability or a person with a developmental disability, or any relative or friend acting on the person’s behalf, is entitled to retain counsel to represent him or her in any proceeding before the district court relating to his or her involuntary admission to an […]
In proceedings for involuntary admission of a person to an intellectual and developmental disability center: 1. The court shall hear and consider all relevant evidence, including the certificate, signed by a physician or licensed psychologist, which accompanied the petition and the testimony of persons who conducted examinations or evaluations ordered by the court after the […]
1. Upon completion of the proceedings for involuntary admission of a person to an intellectual and developmental disability center, if the court finds: (a) That the person is a person with an intellectual disability or a person with a developmental disability, has demonstrated that the person is a clear and present danger to himself or […]
1. If the administrative officer of an intellectual and developmental disability center finds that a consumer is no longer in need of the services offered at the center, the administrative officer shall discharge that consumer. 2. A written notice of the discharge must be given to the consumer and the consumer’s representatives at least 10 […]
