Rights of Patients; Commitment and Treatment of Persons Being Treated by Prayer.

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25-10-120. Rights of patients; commitment and treatment of persons being treated by prayer.

(a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations creating a bill of patient rights and establishing the procedures by which those rights may be enforced, limited or denied.

(b) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 147, § 2.

(c) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 147, § 2.

(d) No person who is being treated in good faith by spiritual means alone, through prayer, by a duly accredited practitioner in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination may be detained, hospitalized or ordered to receive treatment under this act unless:

(i) A court finds by clear and convincing evidence that he is mentally ill; or

(ii) If the person is a minor or is incompetent his parent or guardian consents to detention, hospitalization or treatment.


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