Commitment Of Children In Need Of Mental Health Treatment

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Section
44-24-10

Definitions.

Section
44-24-20

Voluntary admission; notification of guardian ad litem.

Section
44-24-30

Admission of child sixteen or older as inpatient; determination of voluntariness; appointment of guardian ad litem.

Section
44-24-40

Discharge of voluntarily admitted child; grounds for not effecting discharge.

Section
44-24-50

Periodic notification to voluntarily admitted child and parent or guardian of right to release.

Section
44-24-60

Emergency admission of child to inpatient hospital.

Section
44-24-70

Taking custody of child needing emergency admission.

Section
44-24-80

Transportation of child to hospital; parent's or guardian's request to accompany child.

Section
44-24-90

Notification to child and guardian of petition; contents of petition; right to counsel; examination and conclusions.

Section
44-24-100

Notice of hearing for emergency or judicial admission.

Section
44-24-110

Examiners' reports; disposition of child when report does not recommend judicial admission, recommends judicial admission, or is divided.

Section
44-24-120

Removal of proceedings to another county.

Section
44-24-130

Hearing; location; testimony; rules of evidence; transcript.

Section
44-24-140

Determination after presentation of evidence.

Section
44-24-150

Psychiatric evaluations of children; notification of victims.

Section
44-24-160

Examination and review of child admitted to inpatient program; program of care and treatment.

Section
44-24-170

Right to reexamination; notice of right; proceedings upon petition for reexamination.

Section
44-24-180

Court review of case of child involuntarily admitted.

Section
44-24-190

Notification to court when child moved to different program; court approval for move to more restrictive program; placement in crisis stabilization.

Section
44-24-200

Unauthorized absence of child from facility or residential program.

Section
44-24-210

Unlawful to remove child from inpatient facility or residential program without authorization.

Section
44-24-220

Requirement of discharge planning and continuity of service in community.

Section
44-24-230

Provision of community-based treatment as alternative to hospitalization.

Section
44-24-240

Agencies to participate in planning and provision of services; exchange of records.

Section
44-24-250

Consultation with parent or guardian; participation in or cooperation with treatment.

Section
44-24-260

Child's right to communicate, consult, or visit with agency or person having custody, with counsel, or with private mental health service provider.

Section
44-24-270

Personal, civil, and property rights of child in treatment program.

Section
44-24-280

Use of restraint, seclusion, or physical coercion; corporal punishment prohibited.