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A.S.C.A. § 13.1501 Diagnosis, treatment and care of mental illness or deficiency
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The diagnosis, treatment, and care of persons suffering from mental illness or deficiency shall be carried out in a manner and in places designated by the Director of Health or his designee. When commitment for mental illness or deficiency is indicated, person may be committed un…
A.S.C.A. § 13.1502 Commitment of mentally ill or deficient person—Notification procedure and emergency commitment procedure
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The trial division of the High Court may, after a hearing, involuntarily commit a mentally ill or deficient person within its jurisdiction to designated places for the care and treatment of those persons in the Territory. That person may thereafter be restrained to the extent nec…
A.S.C.A. § 13.1503 Commitment hearing
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A commitment hearing shall be held, and shall require the testimony in open court of the following: (1) the person or persons completing the certificate of need for emergency commitment; (2) the physicians who completed the first and second certificates of medical need for commit…
A.S.C.A. § 13.1504 Causes for commitment
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(a) Mental illness or deficiency are not of themselves sufficient cause for involuntary confinement under this chapter. Only the following are specific causes for commitment: (1) danger to others; (2) danger to self; and (3) inability to care for self to such a degree as to make …
