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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)
Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003)
Chapter 21 - INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (§§ 41-21-1 — 41-21-253)
PERSONS IN NEED OF MENTAL TREATMENT (§§ 41-21-61 — 41-21-109)
- Section 41-21-61 - Definitions
- Section 41-21-63 - Commitment proceedings; jurisdiction of chancery court and circuit court
- Section 41-21-65 - Affidavit for commitment; simplified affidavit form; use of Uniform Civil Commitment Affidavit to commence civil commitment proceedings; development of written Uniform Civil Commitment Guide outlining steps in commitment process
- Section 41-21-67 - Person to be taken into custody; community mental health center as first point of entry for pre-evaluation screening and treatment; referral to crisis intervention team; appointment of examining physicians, or physician and psychologist, nurse practitioner or physician assistant; appointment of attorney; emergency patient status; notification to Department of Child Protection Services of possible danger to minor child under certain circumstances
- Section 41-21-68 - Establishment of regional holding facilities for the treatment and holding of individuals for the purpose of civil commitment
- Section 41-21-69 - Examination by appointed examiners; presence of attorney
- Section 41-21-70 - Development of standards for training of psychiatrists and psychologists to perform mental examinations ordered under Section 99-13-11 and MRCrP 12; publication of list of psychiatrists and psychologists so trained
- Section 41-21-71 - Procedure after examination; release or confinement pending hearing
- Section 41-21-73 - Procedures for hearing; evidence; witnesses; commitment; disposition and findings
- Section 41-21-74 - Requirements for outpatient commitments
- Section 41-21-75 - [Repealed]
- Section 41-21-76 - Waiver of rights by respondent
- Section 41-21-77 - Commitment to state hospital or Veterans Administration facility
- Section 41-21-77.1 - Provision of funds to each community mental health center for designation of court liaisons for counties in its service area
- Section 41-21-79 - Payment of costs
- Section 41-21-81 - Twenty days' observation, diagnosis and treatment; notice of need for further treatment; right to hearing on need for further treatment
- Section 41-21-82 - Report prior to termination of initial commitment or discharge
- Section 41-21-83 - Hearing on need for further treatment
- Section 41-21-85 - Payment of costs of hearing on need for further treatment
- Section 41-21-87 - Discharge at behest of director of treatment facility
- Section 41-21-88 - Release of individual acquitted on the ground of insanity and ordered confined to psychiatric hospital or institution; notice of release to be given to certain individuals
- Section 41-21-89 - Discharge at behest of patient, attorney, relative or guardian
- Section 41-21-91 - Deportation of nonresidents
- Section 41-21-93 - Warrant for patient absent without authorization
- Section 41-21-95 - Payment of costs incurred in transporting discharged patients home or returning patients on unauthorized leave
- Section 41-21-97 - Confidentiality of hospital records and information; exceptions
- Section 41-21-99 - Continued care of patients
- Section 41-21-101 - Admissions and commitments not adjudication of incompetency
- Section 41-21-102 - Patients' rights
- Section 41-21-103 - Voluntary admissions for treatment
- Section 41-21-104 - Continuing jurisdiction of court over person committed to inpatient or outpatient treatment for one year after treatment completed; recommitment
- Section 41-21-105 - Civil and criminal immunity
- Section 41-21-107 - Criminal offenses
- Section 41-21-109 - Rehabilitation facilities for adolescents with mental illness or with an intellectual disability; establishment
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