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2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 645 - MENTAL HEALTH ACT
- 645.010 Title of chapter.
- 645.020 Definitions for chapter.
- 645.030 Voluntary admission to hospital.
- 645.035 Rights of hospitalized child.
- 645.040 Certification petition.
- 645.050 Contents of certification petition.
- 645.060 Procedures upon filing petition -- Appointment of counsel.
- 645.070 Hearing procedure.
- 645.080 Use of child's disclosures.
- 645.090 Criteria for hospitalization.
- 645.100 Order after hearing.
- 645.105 Certification -- Forms -- Fees.
- 645.110 Recertification procedure.
- 645.120 Emergency hospitalization.
- 645.130 Rights and duties of court-designated workers.
- 645.140 Jurisdictional matters.
- 645.150 Prerequisite for involuntary hospitalization -- Discharge of voluntary patient -- Notice of discharge required.
- 645.160 Repealed, 1988.
- 645.170 Hospital review committee -- Review of patient's individual treatment plan.
- 645.180 Convalescent leave for involuntary patient -- Rehospitalization.
- 645.190 Child's right to file notice of intent to leave.
- 645.200 Responsibilities of hospital after receipt of notice of intent to leave.
- 645.210 Contesting of intent to leave.
- 645.220 Notice requirements.
- 645.230 Rights of child, parent.
- 645.240 Procedures when child objects to being discharged.
- 645.250 Authority to promulgate administrative regulations.
- 645.260 Appeals.
- 645.270 Duty of mental health professional to warn intended victim of patient's threat of violence.
- 645.280 Place where child to be held.
- 645.990 Penalty.
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