Title 10 — Health and Safety
112 chapters · 2,597 sections in this title.
10 GCA § 82718 Former Conservatee Not to Be Presumed Incompetent
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A person who is no longer a conservatee shall not be presumed to be incompetent by virtue of his having been a conservatee under the provisions of this Chapter. ---------- ARTICLE 8 VOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION
10 GCA § 82801 Authority to Receive Voluntary Patients
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Any member of the qualified mental health professional staff of a designated facility may admit for observation, diagnosis, care and treatment, any person who is mentally ill or has symptoms of a mental illness and who, being eighteen (18) years of age or over, applies therefor; …
10 GCA § 82802 Discharge of Voluntary Patients
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Any qualified mental health professional member staff of a designated facility may authorize the release of a voluntarily admitted person whose hospitalization he determines to be no longer advisable. SOURCE: Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 19-016:1 (Apr. 11, 1988).
10 GCA § 82803 Right to Release on Application
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(a) A voluntary patient who requests his release or whose release is requested, in writing by his legal guardian, parents, spouse, or adult next of kin shall be released forthwith, except that: (1) If the patient was admitted on his own application and the request for release is …