2012 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 28 — Mental health
RS 28:72 — Application for additional periods of treatment
§72. Application for additional periods of treatment
A. The court order for outpatient treatment shall expire at the end of the specified period unless a petition for an extension has been filed. If the director or regional manager determines that a patient requires further involuntary outpatient treatment, he shall file a petition for continued treatment prior to the expiration of the initial involuntary outpatient treatment ordered by the court. If a patient has been ordered to receive outpatient treatment for four consecutive one hundred eighty day periods, the period of any subsequent order may exceed one hundred eighty days but shall not exceed one year.
B. The procedure for obtaining an extension shall be the same as for obtaining the original order. However, the time periods provided in R.S. 28:66(A)(4) shall not be applicable in determining the appropriateness of the extension. The court order requiring blood or laboratory testing shall be subject to review after six months by the physician, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner or psychologist who developed the written treatment plan or who is designated by the director, and the blood or laboratory testing may be terminated without further action of the court.
Acts 2008, No. 407, §2.
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