§ 43A-5-305. Application for voluntary admission.  


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  • Any person desiring and needing psychiatric treatment in a state facility for the mentally ill as a voluntary consumer may present a written application to the judge of the district court:

    1.  Of the county in which the person resides; or

    2.  Of the county in which a state hospital for the mentally ill is located.

Added by Laws 1963, c. 81, § 2, emerg. eff. May 21, 1963.  Amended by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 71, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.  Renumbered from § 552 of this title by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 103, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.  Amended by Laws 2002, c. 488, § 36, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2005, c. 150, § 42, emerg. eff. May 9, 2005; Laws 2008, c. 401, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.