Review of Status; Frequency; Assignment of Physician or Psychologist.

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Sec. 482.

Each individual subject to a 1-year order of involuntary mental health treatment has the right to adequate and prompt review of his or her current status as a person requiring treatment. Six months from the date of a 1-year order of involuntary mental health treatment, the executive director of the community mental health services program responsible for treatment or, if private arrangements for the reimbursement of mental health treatment services have been made, the hospital director or director of the assisted outpatient treatment program shall assign a physician or licensed psychologist to review the individual's clinical status as a person requiring treatment.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 117, Eff. Mar. 31, 1987 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 588, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1997 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 593, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019


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