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§43A-8-105.
§43A-8-105.
The procedure for court certification to a private hospital or
institution will be the same as that pertaining to court certification
of patients to state mental hospitals in the Mental Health Law, except
that before commitment to a private hospital or institution is made a
written report will be submitted to the court containing the following
information:
(A) The name of the petitioner, relative, or guardian requesting
commitment to a private hospital or institution, and the name of the
private hospital or institution.
(B) The name of the physician who will be the attending physician
during the period of the patient's hospitalization in said private
hospital or institution. The qualifications for the attending
physician shall be the same as those set forth for a "qualified
examiner" by the Mental Health Law.
(C) A statement by the person in charge of said private hospital or
institution, or someone designated by him, that the alleged mentally
ill person will be admitted on presentation of a valid order for
admission. This statement shall be dated no more than five (5) days
prior to the date of the hearing.
A form for the filing of the information required herein shall be
prescribed by the Director of Mental Health, shall be printed on eight
and one-half-inch by eleven-inch paper, and shall be substantially in
the following form:
REQUEST FOR COMMITMENT TO A
PRIVATE HOSPITAL OR
INSTITUTION
I, _____, bearing the relationship of _____ to ______, against whom a
petition for commitment as a mentally ill person has been filed in the
county court of ______ County, Oklahoma, do hereby request that, in
the event said ______ is found to be mentally ill, she/he be committed
as a patient to the ______ at ______, Oklahoma, a private hospital or
institution as defined by law. I hereby agree to comply with the rules
and regulations of said hospital or institution for the admission and
support of said patient. I further certify that upon admission of said
patient to said private hospital or institution, ______ will be the
attending physician, until discharge or transfer of the patient, or
until further notice to this court by me or the attending physician.
Witness my hand this ______ day of _____________, 19__.
___________________
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of ______, 19__.
___________________
Notary Public
STATEMENT OF ATTENDING
PHYSICIAN
I, ______, do hereby certify that I will faithfully perform the duties
and responsibilities prescribed by law as the attending physician of
______, upon his/her commitment to the ______ until his/her discharge
or transfer, or until further notice to this court by me or the
above-named petitioner, relative, or guardian.
Witness my hand this ______ day of ___________, 19__.
_____________________
Attending Physician
STATEMENT OF PERSON IN CHARGE
OF PRIVATE HOSPITAL
OR INSTITUTION
I, ______, the duly appointed ______ of the ______, a private hospital
or institution containing beds for the reception, care and treatment
of persons with neuropsychiatric illnesses, have discussed the rules
and regulations of said hospital or institution governing admission
and support of patients with ______, the ______ of ______, an alleged
mentally ill person, and that if said person is committed to this
hospital or institution on or before ______, 19__, he will be admitted
as a patient.
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