• § 37-7-40 - Designation by Department of Emergency Receiving Facilities
  Any state owned or state operated facility may be designated by the department as an emergency receiving facility. The department shall maintain an emergency...
• § This - Section Has More Than One Document With Varying Effective Dates.
  § 37-7-41. (Effective until June 30, 2018. See note.) Emergency involuntary treatment; who may certify need; delivery for examination; report of delivery required (a)...
• § 37-7-42 - Emergency Admission of Persons Arrested for Penal Offenses; Report by Officer; Entry of Report Into Clinical Record
  (a) A peace officer may take any person to a physician within the county or an adjoining county for emergency examination by the physician,...
• § 37-7-43 - Procedure Upon Admission; Notice of Proposed Discharge
  (a) A patient who is admitted to an emergency receiving facility shall be examined by a physician as soon thereafter as possible but in...
• § 37-7-44 - Giving Patient and His Representatives Notice of Their Rights Upon Patient's Admission to Emergency Receiving Facility
  (a) Immediately upon arrival of a patient at an emergency receiving facility under Code Section 37-7-43, the facility shall give the patient written notice...

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