§ 7617a. Reporting; National Instant Criminal Background Check System
§ 7617a. Reporting; National Instant Criminal Background Check System (a) If the court issues a hospitalization order pursuant to subdivision 7617(b)(1) or (2) of this title or a nonhospitalization order pursuant to subdivision 7617(b)(3), the Court Administrator shall within 48 hours report the name of the person subject to the order to the National Instant […]
§ 7618. Order; nonhospitalization
§ 7618. Order; nonhospitalization (a) If the court finds that a treatment program other than hospitalization is adequate to meet the person’s treatment needs, the court shall order the person to receive whatever treatment other than hospitalization is appropriate for a period of 90 days. (b) If at any time during the specified period it […]
§ 7615. Hearing on application for involuntary treatment
§ 7615. Hearing on application for involuntary treatment (a)(1) Upon receipt of the application, the court shall set a date for the hearing to be held within 10 days from the date of the receipt of the application or 20 days from the date of the receipt of the application if a psychiatric examination is […]
§ 7616. Appearance by State; burden of proof
§ 7616. Appearance by State; burden of proof (a) The State shall appear and be represented by the State’s Attorney for the county in which the hearing takes place or by the Attorney General at his or her discretion. (b) The State shall have the burden of proving its case by clear and convincing evidence. […]
§ 7611. Involuntary treatment
§ 7611. Involuntary treatment No person may be made subject to involuntary treatment unless he or she is found to be a person in need of treatment or a patient in need of further treatment. (Added 1977, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 18.)
§ 7612. Application for involuntary treatment
§ 7612. Application for involuntary treatment (a) An interested party may, by filing a written application, commence proceedings for the involuntary treatment of an individual by judicial process. (b) The application shall be filed in the Family Division of the Superior Court. (c) If the application is filed under section 7508 or 7620 of this […]
§ 7612a. Probable cause review
§ 7612a. Probable cause review (a) Within three days after an application for involuntary treatment is filed, the Family Division of the Superior Court shall conduct a review to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the person was a person in need of treatment at the time of his or her admission. […]
§ 7613. Notice—Appointment of counsel
§ 7613. Notice—Appointment of counsel (a) When the application is filed, the court shall appoint counsel for the proposed patient and transmit a copy of the application, the physician’s certificate, if any, and a notice of hearing to the proposed patient, his or her attorney, guardian, or any person having custody and control of the […]
§ 7614. Psychiatric examination
§ 7614. Psychiatric examination As soon as practicable after notice of the commencement of proceedings is given, the court on its own motion or upon the motion of the proposed patient or his or her attorney or the State of Vermont shall authorize examination of the proposed patient by a psychiatrist other than the physician […]
§ 7505. Warrant and certificate for emergency examination
§ 7505. Warrant and certificate for emergency examination (a) In emergency circumstances where certification by a physician is not available without serious and unreasonable delay, and when personal observation of the conduct of a person constitutes reasonable grounds to believe that the person is a person in need of treatment, and he or she presents […]