New York Mental Hygiene Law Article 15 - ADMISSION OF THE MENTALLY RETARDED TO SCHOOLS

• 15.01 - Definitions.
  15.01 Definitions. As used in this article: "in need of care and treatment" means that a person has a developmental disability and would benefit from...
• 15.03 - Admission to a School.
  15.03 Admission to a school. Unless otherwise specifically provided for by statute, a person with a developmental disability shall be admitted to a school as...
• 15.05 - Examining Physician or Psychologist and Medical Certificate.
  15.05 Examining physician or psychologist and medical certificate. (a) A person is disqualified from acting as an examining physician or psychologist in the following cases:...
• 15.07 - Notice to All Residents of Their Rights and of the Availability of the Mental Hygiene Legal Service.
  15.07 Notice to all residents of their rights and of the availability of the mental hygiene legal service. (a) Immediately upon the admission of any...
• 15.09 - Notices to Mental Hygiene Legal Service Concerning Minors.
  15.09 Notices to mental hygiene legal service concerning minors. When any person under the age of eighteen years is admitted to or is converted from...
• 15.11 - Records of Residents.
  15.11 Records of residents. The director of a school shall within five days, excluding Sunday and holidays, after the admission of any resident forward to...
• 15.13 - Voluntary Admissions.
  15.13 Voluntary admissions. (a) The director of any school may receive as a voluntary resident any person suitable for care and treatment, who voluntarily makes...
• 15.15 - Voluntary Admissions; Suitability.
  15.15 Voluntary admissions; suitability. (a) In order for a person to be suitable for admission to a school as a voluntary resident, or for conversion...
• 15.17 - Voluntary Admissions; Notices.
  15.17 Voluntary admissions; notices. The director shall cause all residents admitted on their own application as voluntary residents to be informed annually of their status...
• 15.19 - Voluntary Admissions; Encouragement Of.
  15.19 Voluntary admissions; encouragement of. (a) It shall be the duty of all state and local officers having duties to perform relating to persons with...
• 15.21 - Voluntary Admissions; Conversion To.
  15.21 Voluntary admissions; conversion to. (a) Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to prohibit any director from converting, and it shall be his...
• 15.23 - Voluntary Admissions; Review of Status.
  15.23 Voluntary admissions; review of status. (a) No voluntary resident, whether admitted on such status or converted thereto, shall be continued in such status for...
• 15.25 - Admission and Retention of Certain Non-Objecting Residents.
  15.25 Admission and retention of certain non-objecting residents. (a) The director of any school may receive and retain therein as a resident any person in...
• 15.27 - Involuntary Admission on Medical Certification.
  15.27 Involuntary admission on medical certification. (a) The commissioner may receive and retain in a school, as a resident any person alleged to have a...
• 15.29 - Involuntary Admission on Medical Certification; Notice of Admission to Residents and Others.
  15.29 Involuntary admission on medical certification; notice of admission to residents and others. (a) The director shall cause written notice of a person's involuntary admission...
• 15.31 - Involuntary Admission on Medical Certification; Resident's Right to a Hearing.
  15.31 Involuntary admission on medical certification; resident's right to a hearing. (a) If, at any time prior to the expiration of sixty days from the...
• 15.33 - Court Authorization to Retain an Involuntary Resident.
  15.33 Court authorization to retain an involuntary resident. (a) If the director shall determine that a resident admitted upon an application supported by medical certification,...
• 15.35 - Review of Court Authorization to Retain an Involuntary Resident.
  15.35 Review of court authorization to retain an involuntary resident. If a person who has been denied release or whose retention or continued retention has...
• 15.37 - Transfer of Juvenile Delinquents.
  15.37 Transfer of juvenile delinquents. (a) The commissioner shall receive and arrange for the admission of juvenile delinquents temporarily transferred to his custody pursuant to...

Last modified: February 3, 2019