§334-60.6  Period of detention.  Thepsychiatric facility may detain a subject for a period of time ordered by thecourt not to exceed ninety days from date of admission unless sooner dischargedby the facility pursuant to section 334-76 or section 334-74.  At the end ofthe ninety-day period the subject shall be discharged automatically except asprovided in sections 704-406, 704-411, and 706-607, unless before expiration ofthe period and by a proceeding initiated pursuant to section 334-60.3 the facilityobtains a court order for the subject’s recommitment.  Recommitment for aperiod not to exceed ninety days may not be ordered unless the court determinesthat the criteria for involuntary hospitalization set forth in section 334-60.2continue to exist.  If at the end of a recommitment period the court finds thatthe criteria for involuntary hospitalization set forth in section 334-60.2continue to exist and are likely to continue beyond ninety days, the court mayorder recommitment for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty days.

Nothing in this section shall preclude afacility from accepting for voluntary inpatient treatment, in accordance withthe procedures in section 334-60.1, a patient, for whom the facilitycontemplates discharge pursuant to section 334-60.7 and who voluntarily agreesto further hospitalization after the period of commitment has expired, or wherethe patient is no longer a proper subject for commitment. [L 1984, c 188, pt of§3; gen ch 1985; am L 1988, c 44, §1]