2012 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 28 — Mental health
RS 28:52.2 — Formal voluntary admission
§52.2. Formal voluntary admission
A. Any person who is mentally ill or person who is suffering from substance abuse desiring admission to a treatment facility for diagnosis and/or treatment of a psychiatric disorder or substance abuse and who is deemed suitable for formal voluntary admission by the admitting physician may be so admitted upon his written request.
B. A patient admitted under the provisions of this Section shall not be detained in the treatment facility for longer than seventy-two hours after making a valid written request for discharge to the director unless an emergency certificate is executed pursuant to R.S. 28:53, or unless judicial commitment is instituted pursuant to R.S. 28:54, after making a valid written request for discharge to the director of the treatment facility.
Added by Acts 1977, No. 714, §1; Acts 2012, No. 418, §1.
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