MENTAL HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 258 of 1974
330.1473 Petition for second or continuing order of involuntary mental health treatment; contents; clinical certificate.Sec. 473.
Not less than 14 days before the expiration of an initial, second, or continuing order of involuntary mental health treatment issued under section 472a or section 485a, a hospital director or an agency or mental health professional supervising an individual's assisted outpatient treatment shall file a petition for a second or continuing order of involuntary mental health treatment if the hospital director or supervisor believes the individual continues to be a person requiring treatment and that the individual is likely to refuse treatment on a voluntary basis when the order expires. The petition shall contain a statement setting forth the reasons for the hospital director's or supervisor's or their joint determination that the individual continues to be a person requiring treatment, a statement describing the treatment program provided to the individual, the results of that course of treatment, and a clinical estimate as to the time further treatment will be required. The petition shall be accompanied by a clinical certificate executed by a psychiatrist.
History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974
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Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
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Am. 1996, Act 588, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1997
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Am. 2004, Act 498, Eff. Mar. 30, 2005
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Am. 2018, Act 593, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
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