Arkansas Code Title 20, Subtitle 3, Chapter 47, Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment
- § 20-47-201 - Purpose -- Policy.
(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to enable the Division of Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services to assist in:...
- § 20-47-202 - Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:(1) "Administrator" means the chief administrative officer or executive director of any private or public facility or of any community...
- § 20-47-203 - Habeas Corpus.
Nothing in this subchapter shall in any way restrict the right of any person to attempt to secure his or her freedom by a...
- § 20-47-204 - Voluntary Admissions.
The following shall apply to voluntary admissions of persons with a mental illness, disease, or disorder: (1) (A) Any person who believes himself or...
- § 20-47-205 - Jurisdiction of Circuit Court.
(a) The circuit courts of this state shall have exclusive jurisdiction of the involuntary admission procedures initiated pursuant to this subchapter.(b) (1) Within seven...
- § 20-47-206 - [Repealed.]
- § 20-47-207 - Involuntary Admission -- Original Petition.
(a) Written Petition -- Venue. Any person having reason to believe that a person meets the criteria for involuntary admission as defined in subsection...
- § 20-47-208 - Role of Prosecuting Attorney.
(a) (1) It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney's office in the county where the petition is filed to represent the petitioner,...
- § 20-47-209 - Initial Hearing -- Failure to Appear -- Exceptions From Appearance Requirement.
(a) If the person named in the original petition is not confined at the time that the petition is filed, the court may: (1)...
- § 20-47-210 - Immediate Confinement -- Initial Evaluation and Treatment.
(a) Whenever it appears that a person is of danger to himself or herself or others, as defined in § 20-47-207, and immediate confinement...
- § 20-47-211 - Notification of Rights.
Along with the copy of the petition and the copy of the order directing appearance for an initial evaluation or an order of detention,...
- § 20-47-212 - Appointment of Counsel.
(a) If it appears to the court that the person sought to be involuntarily admitted is in need of counsel, counsel shall be appointed...
- § 20-47-213 - Evaluation -- When Performed and by Whom -- Transportation to Place of Evaluation.
(a) If the person is transported to a hospital or receiving facility or program or to the office of a licensed physician of the...
- § 20-47-214 - Forty-Five-Day Involuntary Admission -- Hearing.
(a) (1) Within the period specified in § 20-47-205, a hearing shall be held. (2) The hearing must be conducted in public, open to...
- § 20-47-215 - Additional Periods of Involuntary Admission -- Petitions -- Hearing.
(a) Generally. (1) Additional one-hundred-eighty-day involuntary admission orders may be requested if, in the opinion of the treatment staff, a person involuntarily admitted continues...
- § 20-47-216 - Continuances.
Continuances requested by either party for any hearing provided for in this subchapter shall be granted only for good cause shown. "Good cause" includes...
- § 20-47-217 - Appeals.
All involuntary admission orders authorized in this subchapter shall be considered final and appealable under Rule 2 of the Arkansas Rules of Appellate Procedure...
- § 20-47-218 - Treatment.
(a) At all steps of the involuntary admission proceeding, the mental health treatments and conditions of treatment for the person named in the petition...
- § 20-47-219 - Return of Persons Absent From Treatment -- Noncompliance With Treatment Plan -- Effect on Order.
(a) If any person involuntarily admitted to a receiving facility or program or hospital for care pursuant to this subchapter absents himself or herself...
- § 20-47-220 - Fundamental Rights.
(a) No person receiving treatment for mental illness shall be deprived of any legal right to which all citizens are entitled except as provided...
- § 20-47-221 - Patient or Client Advocate.
(a) The Director of the Division of Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall designate a patient or client advocate for...
- § 20-47-222 - Transfer and Admission of Residents Who Become Ill in Another State.
The Director of the Division of Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services or his or her designee shall have authority to...
- § 20-47-223 - Admission Not Adjudication of Incapacity.
No person admitted voluntarily or involuntarily to a receiving facility or program or hospital under this subchapter shall be considered incapacitated per se by...
- § 20-47-224 - Conversion From Involuntary to Voluntary Status.
(a) At any time during the involuntary admission period, a person may be converted to a voluntary admission status if the person's treating physician...
- § 20-47-225 - Liability for Charges.
(a) Notwithstanding any statute enacted before January 1, 2011, receiving facilities and programs and the Arkansas State Hospital may make charges for patient treatment.(b)...
- § 20-47-226 - Forms.
The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Prosecutor Coordinator shall jointly prescribe all other forms reasonably necessary to carry out...
- § 20-47-227 - Exclusion From Liability.
No officer, physician, or other person shall be held civilly liable for his or her actions pursuant to this subchapter in the absence of...
- § 20-47-228 - Assurance of Compliance.
(a) To assure compliance under this subchapter, the Division of Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services, through its authorized agents, may...
- § 20-47-229 - Restraint of Arkansas State Hospital Patient.
(a) If necessary for security, an Arkansas State Hospital patient shall be physically restrained with a restraint while being transported to locations away from...
- § 20-47-230 - Return of Detained or Involuntarily Admitted Person to State of Residence -- Reciprocal Agreements.
(a) The Department of Human Services may enter into a reciprocal agreement with a state that adjoins the Arkansas state line or is separated...
Last modified: November 15, 2016