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33-6-1006. Care contrary to declaration Authorization by review committee Emergency.

(a) The physician or other mental health service provider may provide mental health treatment to the service recipient in a manner contrary to the service recipient's wishes as expressed in a declaration for mental health treatment

IF AND ONLY IF

(1) The service recipient is involuntarily committed to an inpatient treatment facility under this title and a treatment review committee authorizes it, OR

(2) There is an emergency endangering the service recipient's life or health.

(b) A declaration does not limit any authority under this title to take a person into custody or to admit, retain, or treat a person in a mental health facility.

[Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.]

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33-6-1006. Care contrary to declaration Authorization by review committee Emergency.

(a) The physician or other mental health service provider may provide mental health treatment to the service recipient in a manner contrary to the service recipient's wishes as expressed in a declaration for mental health treatment

IF AND ONLY IF

(1) The service recipient is involuntarily committed to an inpatient treatment facility under this title and a treatment review committee authorizes it, OR

(2) There is an emergency endangering the service recipient's life or health.

(b) A declaration does not limit any authority under this title to take a person into custody or to admit, retain, or treat a person in a mental health facility.

[Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.]

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33-6-1006. Care contrary to declaration Authorization by review committee Emergency.

(a) The physician or other mental health service provider may provide mental health treatment to the service recipient in a manner contrary to the service recipient's wishes as expressed in a declaration for mental health treatment

IF AND ONLY IF

(1) The service recipient is involuntarily committed to an inpatient treatment facility under this title and a treatment review committee authorizes it, OR

(2) There is an emergency endangering the service recipient's life or health.

(b) A declaration does not limit any authority under this title to take a person into custody or to admit, retain, or treat a person in a mental health facility.

[Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.]