Chapter 123 - Mental Health

Chapter 123 - Mental Health

Section 1 - Definitions
Section 2 - Regulations
Section 3 - Transfers; Notice; Emergencies
Section 4 - Periodic Review; Notice
Section 5 - Commitment or Retention Hearings; Right to Counsel; Medical Examination; Notice
Section 6 - Retention of Persons; Validity of Orders; Hearing
Section 7 - Commitment and Retention of Dangerous Persons; Petition; Notice; Hearing
Section 8 - Proceedings to Commit Dangerous Persons; Notice; Hearing; Orders; Jurisdiction
Section 8b - Treatment of Committed Persons With Antipsychotic Medication; Petition; Notice; Hearing; Guardian
Section 9 - Review of Matters of Law; Application for Discharge; Notice; Hearing
Section 10 - Voluntary Admissions; Consultation With Attorney; Discharge; Outpatients; Veterans
Section 11 - Voluntary Admissions; Withdrawal; Notice; Examination; Retention
Section 12 - Emergency Restraint and Hospitalization of Persons Posing Risk of Serious Harm by Reason of Mental Illness
Section 13 - Transfer of Dangerous Males to Bridgewater State Hospital; Retention Period; Further Commitment; Procedure
Section 14 - Transfers From Bridgewater State Hospital to Other Facilities
Section 15 - Competence to Stand Trial or Criminal Responsibility; Examination; Period of Observation; Reports; Hearing; Commitment; Delinquents
Section 16 - Hospitalization of Persons Incompetent to Stand Trial or Not Guilty by Reason of Mental Illness; Examination Period; Commitment; Hearing; Restrictions; Dismissal of Criminal Charges
Section 17 - Periodic Review of Incompetence to Stand Trial; Petition; Hearing; Continued Treatment; Defense to Charges; Release
Section 18 - Hospitalization of Mentally Ill Prisoners; Examination; Reports; Hearing; Commitment; Voluntary Admission; Reduction of Sentence; Discharge
Section 18a - Facility Residents; Contribution Towards Cost of Counsel
Section 19 - Parties or Witnesses; Determination of Mental Condition
Section 20 - Extradition of Mental Institution Escapees
Section 21 - Transportation of Mentally Ill Persons; Restraint
Section 22 - Civil Liability of Physicians, Qualified Psychologists, Qualified Psychiatric Nurse Mental Health Clinic Specialists, Police Officers and Licensed Independent Clinical Social Workers
Section 23 - Rights of Persons Receiving Services From Programs or Facilities of Department of Mental Health
Section 23a - Competent Interpreter Services in Hospitals Which Provide Acute Psychiatric Services
Section 24 - Legal Capacity of Persons Admitted or Committed
Section 25 - Guardian or Conservator; Appointment
Section 26 - Deposit of Funds Held in Trust for Inpatients or Residents; Unclaimed Funds and Personal Property; Fiduciaries
Section 27 - Administration of Estate of Deceased Inpatient or Resident
Section 28 - Violent or Unnatural Death of Patients; Notice to District Attorney
Section 29 - Instruction and Education; Work Programs; Sale of Work Products
Section 30 - Unauthorized Absence of Patients; Notification of Police, Et al.; Return
Section 31 - Medicine and Drugs; Indigent Patients
Section 32 - Charges for Care of Persons in Facilities
Section 33 - Expenses of Apprehension, Examination, Hearing, Commitment or Delivery; Certification; Audit; Payment; Fees
Section 34 - Commitment or Transfer to Veterans Administration or Other Federal Agency
Section 35 - Commitment of Alcoholics or Substance Abusers
Section 36 - Patient Records; Inspection; Maintenance and Retention
Section 36a - Court Records of Examination or Commitment; Privacy
Section 36b - Duty to Warn Patient's Potential Victims; Cause of Action
Section 36c - Transmission of Committed Person's Name and Nonclinical, Identifying Information to Department of Criminal Justice Information Services; Prohibition of Committed Person From Being Issued Firearm Identification Card or License to Carry; Petition for Relief

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