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§43A-5-308.
§43A-5-308.
The order of the judge of the district court authorizing the admission
of an applicant as a voluntary patient pursuant to the provisions of
the Mental Hospital Voluntary Admission Procedures Act may be in
substantially the following form:
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF _________________________ COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
In the Matter of the
Mental Health of No._______
________________ on the Mental Health
Patient Docket
ORDER AUTHORIZING ADMISSION TO MENTAL HOSPITAL
OF VOLUNTARY PATIENT
Now on this ____ day of ____, 19__, the above named _____ having
appeared before me as county judge of said county and state, with
his/her application to be admitted as a voluntary patient to the ____
Hospital, a state hospital for the mentally ill located at ____,
together with a certificate signed by ____, a doctor of medicine or
osteopathic physician, with offices at ____, Oklahoma, such
certificate being in the form provided by the Mental Hospital
Voluntary Admission Procedures Act.
And it appearing to me that said individual fully understands the
nature of the application and the consequences which the law will
impose in the event the applicant is admitted to a mental hospital as
a patient therein, and that the application is voluntarily made.
It is therefore ORDERED that said ____ should be and he/she is hereby
ORDERED to be admitted to the ____ State Hospital at ____, Oklahoma,
and a certified copy of this order shall be sufficient authority for
the superintendent of said institution to detain said patient is
accordance with the Mental Hospital Voluntary Admission Procedures
Act.
The Sheriff of ____ County, Oklahoma, is authorized and directed, on
the request of the patient herein named, to cause said patient to be
transmitted to ____ State Hospital at ____, Oklahoma, and to deliver
to the superintendent of said hospital one certified copy of this
order and to make return as provided by law.
___________________________
Judge of the District Court
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