Persons in Need of Mental Treatment

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  2. Mississippi Code
  3. Public Health
  4. Individuals with Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability
  5. Persons in Need of Mental Treatment

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Section
41-21-61

Definitions

Section
41-21-63

Commitment proceedings; jurisdiction of chancery court and circuit court

Section
41-21-65

Affidavit for commitment; simplified affidavit form; use of Uniform Civil Commitment Affidavit to commence civil commitment proceedings; development of written Uniform Civil Commitment Guide outlining steps in commitment process

Section
41-21-67

Person to be taken into custody; community mental health center as first point of entry for pre-evaluation screening and treatment; referral to crisis intervention team; appointment of examining physicians, or physician and psychologist, nurse practitioner or physician assistant; appointment of attorney; emergency patient status; notification to Department of Child Protection Services of possible danger to minor child under certain circumstances

Section
41-21-68

Establishment of regional holding facilities for the treatment and holding of individuals for the purpose of civil commitment

Section
41-21-69

Examination by appointed examiners; presence of attorney

Section
41-21-70

Development of standards for training of psychiatrists and psychologists to perform mental examinations ordered under Section 99-13-11 and MRCrP 12; publication of list of psychiatrists and psychologists so trained

Section
41-21-71

Procedure after examination; release or confinement pending hearing

Section
41-21-73

Procedures for hearing; evidence; witnesses; commitment; disposition and findings

Section
41-21-74

Requirements for outpatient commitments

Section
41-21-75

Repealed

Section
41-21-76

Waiver of rights by respondent

Section
41-21-77

Commitment to state hospital or Veterans Administration facility

Section
41-21-79

Payment of costs

Section
41-21-81

Twenty days' observation, diagnosis and treatment; notice of need for further treatment; right to hearing on need for further treatment

Section
41-21-82

Report prior to termination of initial commitment or discharge

Section
41-21-83

Hearing on need for further treatment

Section
41-21-85

Payment of costs of hearing on need for further treatment

Section
41-21-87

Discharge at behest of director of treatment facility

Section
41-21-88

Release of individual acquitted on the ground of insanity and ordered confined to psychiatric hospital or institution; notice of release to be given to certain individuals

Section
41-21-89

Discharge at behest of patient, attorney, relative or guardian

Section
41-21-91

Deportation of nonresidents

Section
41-21-93

Warrant for patient absent without authorization

Section
41-21-95

Payment of costs incurred in transporting discharged patients home or returning patients on unauthorized leave

Section
41-21-97

Confidentiality of hospital records and information; exceptions

Section
41-21-99

Continued care of patients

Section
41-21-101

Admissions and commitments not adjudication of incompetency

Section
41-21-102

Patients' rights

Section
41-21-103

Voluntary admissions for treatment

Section
41-21-104

Continuing jurisdiction of court over person committed to inpatient or outpatient treatment for one year after treatment completed; recommitment

Section
41-21-105

Civil and criminal immunity

Section
41-21-107

Criminal offenses

Section
41-21-109

Rehabilitation facilities for adolescents with mental illness or with an intellectual disability; establishment