§ 16.1-340. Emergency admission
A minor, including a minor in detention or shelter care pursuant to an order of a juvenile and domestic relations court, may be taken into custody and admitted for inpatient treatment pursuant to the procedures specified in Article 4 (§ 37.2-808 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 37.2. If the minor is admitted to a willing facility in accordance with § 37.2-809, the temporary detention order shall be effective until such time as the juvenile and domestic relations district court serving the jurisdiction in which the minor is located schedules a hearing. The juvenile and domestic relations district court serving the jurisdiction in which the minor is located shall schedule a hearing pursuant to § 16.1-341 no sooner than 24 hours and no later than 96 hours from the time of the issuance of the temporary detention order or filing of the petition pursuant to § 16.1-341, whichever occurs later. If the 96-hour period expires on a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or day on which the court is lawfully closed, the 96 hours shall be extended to the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or day on which the court is lawfully closed.
(1990, c. 975; 1991, c. 159; 1992, c. 884; 2000, cc. 65, 246; 2001, c. 837; 2004, c. 283; 2005, c. 346; 2006, c. 401; 2008, cc. 783, 808.)
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