§3861-A. Notification of hospitalization When a person who is hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital under the provisions of this chapter is sentenced to serve a straight term of imprisonment or a split sentence in a county jail, the chief administrative officer of the hospital shall notify the sheriff of the county jail so that, in […]
§3861. Reception of involuntary patients 1. Nonstate mental health institution. The chief administrative officer of a nonstate mental health institution may receive for observation, diagnosis, care and treatment in the institution any person whose admission is applied for under any of the procedures in this subchapter. An admission may be made under the provisions of […]
§3862-A. Protection from substantial threats 1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. “Dangerous weapon” or “weapon” has the same meaning as in Title 17‑A, section 2, subsection 9, paragraph C, including a firearm as defined in Title 17‑A, section 2, subsection […]
§3862. Protective custody 1. Law enforcement officer’s power. If a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that a person may be mentally ill and that due to that condition the person poses a likelihood of serious harm as defined in section 3801, subsection 4‑A, paragraph A, B or C, or if a law […]
§3863. Emergency procedure A person may be admitted to a psychiatric hospital on an emergency basis according to the following procedures. [PL 2007, c. 319, §9 (AMD).] 1. Application. Any health officer, law enforcement officer or other person may apply to admit a person to a psychiatric hospital, subject to the prohibitions and penalties […]
§3864. Judicial procedure and commitment 1. Application. An application to the District Court to admit a person to a psychiatric hospital, filed under section 3863, subsection 5‑A, must be accompanied by: A. The emergency application under section 3863, subsection 1; [PL 1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW).] B. The accompanying certificate of the medical […]
§3865. Hospitalization by federal agency If a person ordered to be hospitalized under section 3864 is eligible for hospital care or treatment by any agency of the United States, the court, upon receipt of a certificate from the agency showing that facilities are available and that the person is eligible for care or treatment in […]
§3866. Members of the Armed Forces 1. Admission to psychiatric hospital. Any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who was a resident of the State at the time of the member’s induction into the service and who is determined by a federal board of medical officers to have a mental disease not […]
§3867. Transfer from out-of-state institutions 1. Commissioner’s authority. The commissioner may, upon request of a competent authority of the District of Columbia or of a state that is not a member of the Interstate Compact on Mental Health, authorize the transfer of a mentally ill person directly to a state mental health institute in Maine, […]
§3868. Transfer to other institutions 1. To other hospitals. The commissioner may transfer, or authorize the transfer of, a patient from one hospital to another, either inside or outside the State, if the commissioner determines that it would be consistent with the medical or psychiatric needs of the patient to do so. A. Before […]
§3869. Return from unauthorized absence If any patient committed under section 3864 leaves the grounds of the psychiatric hospital without authorization of the chief administrative officer of the psychiatric hospital or the chief administrative officer’s designee, or refuses to return to the psychiatric hospital from a community pass when requested to do so by the […]
§3870. Convalescent status 1. Authority. The chief administrative officer of a state mental health institute may release an improved patient on convalescent status when the chief administrative officer believes that the release is in the best interest of the patient and that the patient does not pose a likelihood of serious harm. The chief administrative […]
§3871. Discharge 1. Examination. The chief administrative officer of a psychiatric hospital shall, as often as practicable, but no less often than every 30 days, examine or cause to be examined every patient to determine that patient’s mental status and need for continuing hospitalization. [PL 2007, c. 319, §17 (AMD).] 2. Conditions for discharge. […]
§3872. Treatment of dually diagnosed persons (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1985, c. 615 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 422, §24 (RP).
§3873-A. Progressive treatment program 1. Application. The superintendent or chief administrative officer of a psychiatric hospital, the commissioner, the director of an ACT team, a medical practitioner, a law enforcement officer or the legal guardian of the patient who is the subject of the application may obtain an order from the District Court to admit […]
§3873-B. Progressive Treatment Program Fund 1. Progressive Treatment Program Fund established. The Progressive Treatment Program Fund, referred to in this section as “the fund,” is established as a nonlapsing fund under the administration of the department. [PL 2021, c. 745, §1 (NEW).] 2. Application of fund. The department shall use the money in the […]
§3873. Progressive treatment program (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 2005, c. 519, §BBBB14 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 519, §BBBB20 (AFF). PL 2009, c. 276, §2 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 321, §§1-4 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 651, §28 (RP).
§3874. Medical examinations conducted via telehealth technologies Notwithstanding any other provision in this subchapter, any medical examination or consultation required or permitted to be conducted under this subchapter may be conducted using telehealth or other similar technologies that enable the medical examination or consultation to be conducted in accordance with applicable standards of care. As […]
