Code of Virginia - Title 37.2 Mental Health, Mental Retardation, And Substance Abuse Services - Section 37.2-801 Admission procedures; forms

§ 37.2-801. Admission procedures; forms

A. Any person alleged to have a mental illness to a degree that warrants treatment in a facility may be admitted to a facility by compliance with one of the following admission procedures:

1. Voluntary admission by the procedure described in § 37.2-805, or

2. Involuntary admission by the procedure described in §§ 37.2-809 through 37.2-820.

B. The Board shall prescribe and the Department shall prepare the forms required in procedures for admission. These forms, which shall be the legal forms used in admissions, shall be approved by the Attorney General and distributed by the Department to the clerks of the general district courts and juvenile and domestic relations district courts of the Commonwealth and to the directors of the state facilities.

(Code 1950, §§ 37-61.1, 37-67, 37-121; 1950, pp. 903, 916; 1958, c. 154; 1964, c. 640; 1968, c. 477, § 37.1-64; 1970, c. 673; 1972, c. 639; 1976, c. 671; 1980, c. 582; 2005, c. 716.)

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