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2011 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES
Chapter 5: MENTAL RETARDATION
34-B §5474. Involuntary admissions

Universal Citation:
34-B ME Rev Stat § 5474 (2011 through 125th Legis)
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Subchapter 3: SERVICES FOR MENTALLY RETARDED PERSONS

§5474. Involuntary admissions

1. Short-term evaluation.

[ 1985, c. 503, §9 (RP) .]

2. Admission by judicial certification or judicial commitment. If the chief administrative officer of a facility or his designee has determined that the client is not capable of giving informed consent to admission, a client may be admitted for extended care and treatment only after judicial certification under section 5475 or after judicial commitment under section 5476.

[ 1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW) .]

3. Emergency admission. When immediate detention of a person believed to be mentally retarded is necessary, the person may be temporarily restrained in accordance with section 5477.

[ 1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW). 1985, c. 503, §9 (AMD).

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