PART VI. 
APPEAL AND REVIEW



 



§334-81  Request for hearing.  At any
time after the admission of a patient to a psychiatric facility under part IV
of this chapter or after the transfer of a patient to another psychiatric
facility under section 334-71, the patient or, on the patient’s behalf, any
member of the patient’s family, relative, friend, or responsible person, may
obtain a judicial determination of the regularity of the patient’s admission or
of the need for the patient’s continued hospitalization by filing a written
request therefor in the family court of the circuit in which the psychiatric
facility is located.  The form of the request shall be prescribed and supplied
free of charge by the court, and the proceedings in connection therewith shall
be styled “In the Interest of (the named patient).”  The administrator of the
psychiatric facility shall assist the patient in obtaining legal counsel if the
patient objects to the patient’s admission or continued hospitalization. [L
1967, c 259, pt of §1; HRS §334-81; am L 1977, c 76, §7; gen ch 1985]



 



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  For description of procedure under chapter, see Thou
Shalt Not Commit, Samuel P. King.  5 HBJ 46.