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§ 4402. Voluntary admission; application, examination and acceptance; duration of admission

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 50 P.S. Mental Health

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 50 P.S. Mental Health
Chapter 12. Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Act of 1966 (Refs & Annos)
Article IV. General Provisions Relating to Facilities; Admissions and Commitments (Refs & Annos)
50 P.S. § 4402
§ 4402. Voluntary admission; application, examination and acceptance; duration of admission
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(a) Application for voluntary admission to a facility for examination, treatment and care may be made by:
(1) Any person over eighteen years of age.
(2) A parent, guardian or individual standing in loco parentis to the person to be admitted, if such person is eighteen years of age or younger.
(b) When an application is made, the director of the facility shall cause an examination to be made. If it is determined that the person named in the application is in need of care or observation, he may be admitted.
(c) Except where application for admission has been made under the provisions of section 402(a)(2)1 and the person admitted is still eighteen years of age or younger, any person voluntarily admitted shall be free to withdraw at any time. Where application has been made under the provisions of section 402(a)(2), only the applicant or his successor shall be free to withdraw the admitted person so long as the admitted person is eighteen years of age or younger.
(d) Each admission under the provisions of this section shall be reviewed at least annually by a committee, appointed by the director from the professional staff of the facility wherein the person is admitted, to determine whether continued care is necessary. Said committee shall make written recommendations to the director which shall be filed at the facility and be open to inspection and review by the department and such other persons as the secretary by regulation may permit.
Where the admission is under the provisions of section 402(a)(2), the person admitted shall be informed at least each sixty days of the voluntary nature of his status at the facility.

Credits

1966, Special Sess. No. 3, Oct. 20, P.L. 96, art. IV, § 402, effective Jan. 1, 1967.

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Subsec. (a)(2) of this section.
50 P.S. § 4402, PA ST 50 P.S. § 4402
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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