2013 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 27A - MENTALLY ILL PERSONS
Chapter 10 - Emergency Commitment Of Dangerously Ill Persons
§ 27A-10-9.6 Supplemental hearing or alternative disposition upon failure to complywith requirements of outpatient commitment or treatment order.


SD Codified L § 27A-10-9.6 (2013) What's This?

27A-10-9.6. Supplemental hearing or alternative disposition upon failure to comply with requirements of outpatient commitment or treatment order. If a person fails to comply with the requirement of the outpatient commitment or treatment order, and the person's treating physician or the staff of the outpatient treatment program believes that there is a significant risk of deterioration in the person's condition, the program director or the treating physician may notify the original petitioner for inpatient or outpatient commitment or treatment order and the state's attorney's office of the county where the patient is found and recommend an appropriate alternate disposition under § 27A-11A-21 or 27A-11A-22. Within seventy-two hours of receiving the notice transmitted pursuant to this section that a person has failed to comply with the requirements of the outpatient commitment or treatment order, the original petitioner for inpatient or outpatient commitment or the state's attorney of the county where the patient is found or resides may petition the board for a supplemental hearing or may proceed under any other section of this title. If a petition for supplemental hearing is filed, the board or court shall hold a supplemental hearing in accordance with the procedures specified in this title.

Source: SL 2012, ch 149, § 22.

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