Chapter 24 - Commitment Of Children In Need Of Mental Health Treatment

Chapter 24 - Commitment Of Children In Need Of Mental Health Treatment

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.

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