Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1473

Current through Public Act 171 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 330.1473 - Petition for second or continuing order of involuntary mental health treatment; contents; clinical certificate

Not less than 14 days before the expiration of an initial, second, or continuing order of involuntary mental health treatment issued under section 472a or section 485a, a hospital director or an agency or mental health professional supervising an individual's assisted outpatient treatment shall file a petition for a second or continuing order of involuntary mental health treatment if the hospital director or supervisor believes the individual continues to be a person requiring treatment and that the individual is likely to refuse treatment on a voluntary basis when the order expires. The petition shall contain a statement setting forth the reasons for the hospital director's or supervisor's or their joint determination that the individual continues to be a person requiring treatment, a statement describing the treatment program provided to the individual, the results of that course of treatment, and a clinical estimate as to the time further treatment will be required. The petition shall be accompanied by a clinical certificate executed by a psychiatrist.

MCL 330.1473

Amended by 2018, Act 593,s 17, eff. 3/28/2019.
Amended by 2004, Act 498, s 2, eff. 3/30/2005.
1974, Act 258, Eff. 11/6/1974 ;--Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. 3/28/1996 ;--Am. 1996, Act 588, Imd. Eff. 1/21/1997.