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2014 Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
CHAPTER 50. INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL; DISCHARGE; PROCEDURE
- § 5001. Definitions
- § 5002. Determination of mental condition and of procedural compliance as prerequisites to involuntary hospitalization
- § 5003. Provisional hospitalization by psychiatrist's certification
- § 5004. Legal effect of psychiatrist's certificate
- § 5005. Duties of hospital upon provisional admission
- § 5006. Procedural rights of involuntary patients
- § 5007. Judicial proceedings
- § 5008. Appointment of counsel; determination of probable cause
- § 5009. Discharge by the hospital
- § 5010. Hearing to determine mental condition
- § 5011. Waiver of rights; voluntary hospitalization
- § 5012. Hospitalization
- § 5013. Appeal; habeas corpus; rules of procedure
- § 5014. Enlargement of time
- § 5015. Costs of transportation and medical services
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