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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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