27A-8-1. Requirements for admission of voluntary patients. The facility director or administrator may receive as a voluntary patient any person eighteen years of age or older who understands the nature of voluntary inpatient treatment, is capable of giving informed consent, and voluntarily executes a written application for admission, if the following requirements are met: (1)If, […]
27A-8-10. Immediate discharge of adult voluntary patient after notice of intent to terminate. Except as is provided in §27A-8-10.1, a voluntary patient eighteen years of age or over has the right to immediate discharge upon written notice of his intention to terminate inpatient treatment. Upon informing a staff member of the inpatient psychiatric facility of […]
27A-8-10.1. Emergency detention of voluntary inpatient after notice of intention to terminate. If a written notice of termination of inpatient treatment is given to the facility pursuant to §27A-8-10, the notice is not withdrawn, and the facility director or administrator or attending psychiatrist has probable cause to believe that the patient requires emergency intervention under […]
27A-8-11.2. Commitment of voluntary patient who has not applied for release–Reasons. An inpatient psychiatric facility director, the center administrator or an attending psychiatrist may file a petition pursuant to §27A-10-1 for the commitment of a voluntary patient if clinically indicated, even though a written notice of intention to terminate inpatient treatment has not been received. […]
27A-8-14. Notice to voluntary patients of release procedure–Acknowledgment of notice–Display in wards. Upon voluntary admission, and at the end of the first six months of hospitalization, and annually thereafter, the patient shall be given a separate written notice of release procedures. In addition, a copy of the written notice shall be given to any one […]
27A-8-15. Explanation required prior to acceptance of voluntary inpatient–Informed consent–Application form. Before an individual is accepted for voluntary inpatient treatment at an inpatient psychiatric facility, an explanation shall be made to him of the nature of such status, including the types of treatment available, and restraints or restrictions to which he may be subject including […]
27A-8-16. Person requesting voluntary status to be admitted only as voluntary–Referrals for those denied admission. A person requesting voluntary admission to an inpatient psychiatric facility, who is clinically suitable for voluntary inpatient treatment, shall be admitted only on such voluntary status. The facility director or administrator shall give to an individual who is denied admission […]
27A-8-17. Assessment of need for continued admission–Informed consent required for continued admission–Substitute informed consent. Thirty days after the voluntary admission of a patient and every ninety days thereafter, the facility director or center administrator shall review the patient’s record and assess the need for continued admission. If continued admission is indicated, the facility director or […]
27A-8-18.1. Substituted informed consent. If a person eighteen years of age or older presents for admission to an inpatient psychiatric facility and meets the requirements set forth in subdivisions 27A-8-1(1) to (3), inclusive, and (5), but the facility director or administrator determines that the person is incapable of exercising an informed consent to the admission, […]
27A-8-19. Substituted informed consent by next of kin–Court hearing. The person’s next of kin may exercise a substituted informed consent in accordance with the requirements in §27A-8-15 for the sole purpose of admission to an inpatient psychiatric facility or the center. Upon the exercise of such a substituted informed consent, the facility director or center […]
