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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics
Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs
§ 20-64-824. Additional commitment
Universal Citation: AR Code § 20-64-824 (2017)
- (a) An additional forty-five-day commitment order may be requested if in the opinion of the treatment staff a person remains suicidal, homicidal, or gravely disabled.
- (b) (1) (A) Any request for periods of additional commitment pursuant to this section shall be made by a petition verified by the receiving facility or program treatment staff.
- (B) The petition shall set forth facts and circumstances forming the basis for the request.
- (2) Upon the filing of the petition for additional commitment, all rights enumerated in § 20-64-817 shall be applicable.
- (B) The petition shall set forth facts and circumstances forming the basis for the request.
- (c) (1) (A) A hearing on the petition for additional commitment pursuant to this section shall be held before the expiration of the period of confinement.
- (B) The hearing may be held in a receiving facility or program where the person is detained or residing.
- (2) A copy of the petition shall be served upon the person sought to be additionally committed, along with a copy forwarded to any attorney who may have represented or may have been appointed to represent the person at the initial hearing.
- (B) The hearing may be held in a receiving facility or program where the person is detained or residing.
- (d) All testimony shall be recorded under oath and preserved.
- (e) The need for additional commitment shall be proven by clear and convincing evidence.
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