Involuntary patient definition

Involuntary patient. ’ means a person who is receiving treatment under order of a court or a person admitted and detained by a treatment facility pursuant to an application filed pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of K.S.A. 59-29b54 and amendments thereto.

Involuntary patient means a person who is receiving treatment

Involuntary patient means a person who is for the time being the subject of —

Examples of Involuntary patient in a sentence

• Someone else decides on their behalf.• Involuntary: patient wants not to be killed.• Assisted Suicide: just like euthanasia, except that instead of killing the patient, a doctor (or someone else) provides the patient with the means of killing himself.

• Recommendation:(1) Last line of (1) to read ‘ seeks to be discharged from the hospital or needs to be made an Involuntary patient and delete ‘and a psychiatrist is not available to examine the person’.The purpose of referral by the Senior Mental Health Practitioner is for the person to be assessed by a psychiatrist or if not available a medical or authorised mental health practitioner who may refer the person for an examination by a psychiatrist.

• CERTIFICATIONS TO HEAD OF HOSPITAL F-2 states, “In order to be admitted to the Vermont State hospital as either a Voluntary or Involuntary patient, an individual must be mentally ill as defined by Vermont Law.

More Definitions of Involuntary patient

Involuntary patient means a person admitted pursuant to emergency detention, provisional admission, a complaint for involuntary civil commitment, a probable cause hearing or an involuntary inpatient commitment hearing to the custody of a designated psychiatric treatment facility or hospital for observation, diagnosis, care and treatment.

Involuntary patient means a person who is taken to a mental health facility for treatment without consent under a court order or a certificate of urgency;

Involuntary patient means a patient who is in the licensed facility or in the community receiving treatment and care against

Involuntary patient means a person admitted into a psychiatric hospital under section 0, or detained in the hospital under subsection 9(5) or 4() or 4(), or received into a psychiatric hospital by an order of Court under section 7;

Involuntary patient means a person admitted to a designated facility under the authority of a certificate of involuntary admission, and includes a person who

Involuntary patient means a person receiving involuntary mental health care; “judge” or “judge in chambers” means a judge of the Court;

Involuntary patient means a person subject to orders of the ACT Mental Health Tribunal under the ACT Act; “medical superintendent” has the same meaning as under Schedule 1 of the NSW Act;