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2011 Vermont Code
Title 18 Health
Chapter 181 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
§ 7620 Application for continued treatment


18 VT Stats § 7620. (2011 through Adj Sess) What's This?

§ 7620. Application for continued treatment

(a) If, prior to the expiration of any order issued in accordance with section 7623 of this title, the commissioner believes that the condition of the patient is such that the patient continues to require treatment, the commissioner shall apply to the court for a determination that the patient is a patient in need of further treatment and for an order of continued treatment.

(b) An application for an order authorizing continuing treatment shall contain a statement setting forth the reasons for the commissioner's determination that the patient is a patient in need of further treatment, a statement describing the treatment program provided to the patient and the results of that course of treatment.

(c) Any order of treatment issued in accordance with section 7623 of this title shall remain in force pending the court's decision on the application. (Added 1977, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), { 27; amended 1997, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), { 2.)

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