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SDCL § 27A-8-1 Requirements for admission of voluntary patients.
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The facility director or administrator may receive as a voluntary patient any person eighteen years of age or older who understands the nature of voluntary inpatient treatment, is capable of giving informed consent, and voluntarily executes a written application for admission, if…
SDCL § 27A-8-10 Immediate discharge of adult voluntary patient after notice of intent to terminate.
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Except as is provided in § 27A-8-10.1 , a voluntary patient eighteen years of age or over has the right to immediate discharge upon written notice of his intention to terminate inpatient treatment. Upon informing a staff member of the inpatient psychiatric facility of the intenti…
SDCL § 27A-8-10.1 Emergency detention of voluntary inpatient after notice of intention to terminate.
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If a written notice of termination of inpatient treatment is given to the facility pursuant to § 27A-8-10 , the notice is not withdrawn, and the facility director or administrator or attending psychiatrist has probable cause to believe that the patient requires emergency interven…
SDCL § 27A-8-11.2 Commitment of voluntary patient who has not applied for release--Reasons.
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An inpatient psychiatric facility director, the center administrator or an attending psychiatrist may file a petition pursuant to § 27A-10-1 for the commitment of a voluntary patient if clinically indicated, even though a written notice of intention to terminate inpatient treatme…
