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§43A-5-420.


§43A-5-420.
   
   A. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall
   adopt rules, regulations and procedures to ensure that persons
   involuntarily committed for treatment by a court receive review of
   their involuntary status at least once every three (3) months, and the
   Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall take
   appropriate action based upon this review.
   
   B. Any person receiving involuntary inpatient treatment, or such
   person's attorney, may at any time file a written request that the
   treatment order be reviewed by the committing court, or a court in the
   county where the person is located. If a review is requested, the
   court shall hear the matter within thirty (30) days after the request,
   and the court shall give notice to the person and such person's
   attorney and the person in charge of the facility of the time and
   place of the hearing. The hearing shall be to determine if the person
   can be treated on a less restrictive basis. At the conclusion of the
   hearing, the court may confirm the order of treatment, modify the
   order of treatment, discharge the respondent, or enter any appropriate
   order.
   

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