Section 27A-15-42 – Additional review hearings–Rights, procedures, and findings.
27A-15-42. Additional review hearings–Rights, procedures, and findings. Notwithstanding the provisions of §§27A-15-37 and 27A-15-41, if the board of mental illness orders an initial commitment or a continued commitment, it may also schedule at the time of such initial commitment hearing or at the time of such review hearing and without further notice, a review hearing […]
Section 27A-15-43 – Review of treatment plan.
27A-15-43. Review of treatment plan. The minor’s treatment plan shall be reviewed at least every thirty days by appropriate staff including the attending psychiatrist to determine whether services being provided are necessary and to implement changes in the plan as indicated by the minor’s overall adjustment. Source: SL 1991, ch 220, §333.
Section 27A-15-44 – Predischarge plan of aftercare for involuntarily committed minor.
27A-15-44. Predischarge plan of aftercare for involuntarily committed minor. A predischarge plan of aftercare for a planned discharge of an involuntarily committed minor shall be formulated in cooperation with the minor and the minor’s parent, guardian, or other legal custodian. A copy of the plan shall be delivered to the parent, guardian, or other legal […]
Section 27A-15-45 – Experimental treatments prohibited–Petition for authorization under certain circumstances.
27A-15-45. Experimental treatments prohibited–Petition for authorization under certain circumstances. Except as otherwise provided herein, no minor may be administered or subjected to experimental procedures or interventions of any type. A parent’s, guardian’s, custodian’s, or minor’s consent alone may not authorize such experimental procedures, interventions, or treatments. If the minor’s treating psychiatrist determines, in writing, that […]
Section 27A-15-46 – Oral and written informed consent of parent or guardian required for use of psychotropic medication on minor under sixteen.
27A-15-46. Oral and written informed consent of parent or guardian required for use of psychotropic medication on minor under sixteen. Except as otherwise provided by this title, psychotropic medication and other forms of treatment may be administered to a minor under the age of sixteen only with the oral and written informed consent of the […]
Section 27A-15-47 – Oral and written informed consent of minor and parent required for use of psychotropic medication on minor sixteen or older.
27A-15-47. Oral and written informed consent of minor and parent required for use of psychotropic medication on minor sixteen or older. Except as otherwise provided by this title, psychotropic medication and other treatment may be administered to a minor sixteen years of age or older only with the oral and written informed consent of the […]
Section 27A-15-48 – Right to refuse psychotropic medication, convulsive or shock therapy and electric shock–Exception–Parental consent–Judicial determination.
27A-15-48. Right to refuse psychotropic medication, convulsive or shock therapy and electric shock–Exception–Parental consent–Judicial determination. A minor sixteen years of age or older, whether involuntarily committed or admitted by a parent, has the right to refuse psychotropic medication. Such minor also has the right to refuse convulsive or shock therapy or electric shock. If psychotropic […]
Section 27A-15-49 – Petition to continue treatment with psychotropic medication.
27A-15-49. Petition to continue treatment with psychotropic medication. If a minor sixteen years of age or older refuses the administration of psychotropic medication and the medication is administered pursuant to §27A-15-48, the administrator or facility director or, if the minor is committed to a program other than inpatient treatment, the director of such program, shall […]
Section 27A-15-50 – Court-ordered medication or treatment–Time limit–Notification of parent or guardian–Termination of order.
27A-15-50. Court-ordered medication or treatment–Time limit–Notification of parent or guardian–Termination of order. If the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the continued administration of the prescribed medication or the treatment requested pursuant to §27A-15-45 is the least restrictive treatment alternative medically necessary to improve the minor’s serious emotional disturbance, the court may authorize […]
Section 27A-15-51 – Treatments continuously monitored–Periodic review–Least restrictive treatment.
27A-15-51. Treatments continuously monitored–Periodic review–Least restrictive treatment. The administration of psychotropic medication or the provision of treatments pursuant to §27A-15-45, to a minor pursuant to this chapter shall be continuously monitored by the minor’s treating psychiatrist. The treatment shall be reviewed and approved as being the least restrictive treatment alternative medically necessary for improvement of […]