2016 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 36 - Public Health and Safety
§ 36-522 Voluntary evaluation

36-522. Voluntary evaluation

A. If the petition for court-ordered evaluation is not filed because it has been determined that the proposed patient will voluntarily receive an evaluation and is unlikely to present a danger to self or others until the voluntary evaluation, the evaluation agency provided for by the county, or selected by the proposed patient, shall be immediately notified and shall provide evaluation of the proposed patient at a scheduled time and place within five days of the notice. The voluntary evaluation may be on an inpatient or outpatient basis.

B. Voluntary inpatient evaluation is subject to article 3 of this chapter.

C. Voluntary outpatient evaluation shall conform to the requirements of section 36-530, subsection D and section 36-531, subsections B, C and D and shall proceed only after the person to be evaluated has given consent to be evaluated by signing a form prescribed by the director that includes information to the proposed patient that the patient-physician privilege does not apply and that the evaluation may result in a petition for the person to undergo court-ordered treatment or for guardianship. Voluntary evaluation may be carried out only if chosen by the patient during the course of a prepetition screening after an application for evaluation has been made.