§ 4403. Voluntary commitment; application, examination and acceptance; duration of commitment
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 50 P.S. Mental Health
50 P.S. § 4403
§ 4403. Voluntary commitment; application, examination and acceptance; duration of commitment
(b) The application shall be in writing, signed by the applicant in the presence of at least one witness. 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 shall be committed for a period not to exceed thirty days. Successive applications for continued voluntary commitment may be made for successive periods not to exceed thirty days each, so long as care or observation is necessary.
(d) Each commitment 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 cared for, to determine whether continued care and commitment 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 shall permit.
Where the commitment is under the provisions of section 403(a)(2),1 the person committed 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, § 403, effective Jan. 1, 1967.
Footnotes
Subsec. (a)(2) of this section.
50 P.S. § 4403, PA ST 50 P.S. § 4403
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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