2020 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 330 - Mental Health Code
Act 258 of 1974 Mental Health Code (330.1001 - 330.2106)
258-1974-4 Chapter 4 Civil Admission and Discharge Procedures: Mental Illness (330.1400...330.1497)
258-1974-4-ADMISSION-BY-PETITION Admission by Petition (330.1433...330.1439)
Section 330.1438 Order of Hospitalization; Protective Custody; Transportation; Conditions to Release After 24 Hours.
Sec. 438.
If it appears to the court that the individual requires immediate assessment because the individual presents a substantial risk of significant physical or mental harm to himself or herself in the near future or presents a substantial risk of significant physical harm to others in the near future, the court may order the individual hospitalized and may order a peace officer to take the individual into protective custody and transport the individual to a preadmission screening unit designated by the community mental health services program. If the preadmission screening unit authorizes hospitalization, the peace officer shall transport the individual to a hospital designated by the community mental health services program, unless other arrangements are provided by the preadmission screening unit. If the examinations and clinical certificates of the psychiatrist, and the physician or the licensed psychologist, are not completed within 24 hours after hospitalization, the individual shall be released.
History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 402, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 320, Eff. Feb. 14, 2017 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 593, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
Compiler's Notes: Act 593 of 2018 did not amend this section and evidently should not have been cited as amended.
