51.35 (5) shall be initiated within 14 days of admission.
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(7) The treatment director of a facility may temporarily admit an individual to an inpatient facility when there is reason to question the competency of such individual. The treatment director shall then apply to the court for appointment of a guardian within 48 hours of the time of admission, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. The individual may remain at the facility pending appointment of a guardian. (8) An adult for whom, because of incompetency, a guardian of the person has been appointed in this state may be voluntarily admitted to an inpatient treatment facility if the guardian consents after the requirements of sub. (4m) (a) 1. are satisfied or if the guardian and the ward consent to the admission under this section. (9) Upon admission to an inpatient facility, the facility shall offer the patient orally and in writing the opportunity to execute an informed consent form under s. 51.30 (2), requiring the facility to notify the patient’s parent, child or spouse or any other adult of the patient’s release. If the patient signs the consent form, the facility shall notify the person specified in the form as soon as possible after the patient requests release. History: 1975 c. 430; 1977 c. 354, 428, 447; 1979 c. 336; 1985 a. 29 s. 3200 (56); 1985 a. 139, 176, 332; 1987 a. 366; 1995 a. 292; 2001 a. 61; 2005 a. 264, 387; 2007 a. 45; 2017 a. 34. Sub. (5) (c) plainly and unambiguously sets out the procedure for detaining voluntarily admitted patients who seek release and who the treatment director deems dangerous. Dane County v. Stevenson L.J., 2009 WI App 84, 320 Wis. 2d 194, 768 N.W.2d 223, 08-1281.