2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 28 — Mental health
RS 28:67 — Petition to the court
§67. Petition to the court
A petition for an order authorizing involuntary outpatient treatment may be filed in the judicial district in the parish in which the patient is present or reasonably believed to be present. A petition to obtain an order authorizing involuntary outpatient treatment may be initiated by one of the following persons:
(1) The director of a hospital in which the patient is hospitalized.
(2) The director of an emergency receiving center in which the patient is receiving services.
(3) The director of the human service district, or his designee, or the manager of the regional office of the Department of Health and Hospitals, office of behavioral health, or his designee, in the parish in which the patient is present or reasonably believed to be present.
Acts 2008, No. 407, §2; Acts 2009, No. 384, §5, eff. July 1, 2010.
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