Admission to Involuntary Treatment Flow

ADMISSION TO INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT
By Medical Certification
MCL 330.1423-1431
Application executed within 10 days of filing
With physician’s or
psychologists certificate
(within 72 hours before
certificate filed)
nd
2 exam by psychiatrist
within 24 hours of
hospitalization
MCL 330.1430
By Petition Filed with the Court
MCL 330.1434
Without physician’s or
psychologist’s certificate
With physician’s or
psychologist’s certificate
(within 72 hours of filing
petition)
Without physician’s or
psychologist’s certificate
Court orders final exam
within 24 hours of
hospitalization
MCL 330.1428 & .1429
Court orders 2nd exam by
psychiatrist within 24
hours of filing petition
MCL 330.1435(1)
Court orders first exam by
psychiatrist and either of
physician or psychologist
within 24 hours of filing
petition MCL 330.1435 (2)
Once client is admitted for involuntary treatment the following time constraints apply
(client may be admitted by either method outlined above):
Advice of Rights
(Within 12 hours of hospitalization)
MCL 330.1448
Right to Legal Counsel
(Meeting within 72 hours after filing of petition if hospitalized, otherwise, no less than
24 hours before the time and date of hearing)
MCL 330.1454
Court Hearings
Hearing within 7 days (excluding Sundays and holidays), MCL 330.1452
after receipt of any on the following:
Application for hospitalization
MCL 330.1452(a)
Filing of Petition
MCL 330.1452(b-e)
A demand for notification that a
hearing was deferred be convened
or there is objection to periodic
review finding requiring continuing
hospitalization MCL 330.1452(f)
Hearing held in Abeyance
(A court hearing required under MCL 330.1452 above may be deferred)
(The hearing may be deferred up to 60 days if client is hospitalized or up to 90 days if client is under
alternative treatment or a combination of both) MCL 330.1455(5)
1.
2.
3.
Deferred Hearing Convened
By client request MCL 330.1452(f); or
By hospital director or community mental heath director within 1 to 2 weeks of
expiration of the 60 to 90 day period MCL 330.1455 (9) &(10); or
If Client rejects treatment and the rejection is reported to the Court.
Rev. 9/14

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