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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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