Temporary Detention Order definition
Temporary Detention Order or “TDO” An emergency custody order issued following sworn petition to any magistrate that authorized law enforcement to take a person into custody and transport that person to a facility designed on the order to be evaluated, where such person is believed to be mentally ill and in need of hospitalization or treatment pursuant to 42 C.F.R. §
Examples of Temporary Detention Order in a sentence
The Jail will ensure that prisoners requiring emergency psychiatric hospitalization or who are acutely mentally ill receive timely and adequate treatment by initiating a Temporary Detention Order or transferring to a hospital offering the needed services.
The Jail will initiate a Temporary Detention Order or transfer to a hospital offering the needed services when an incarcerated person is in need of an inpatient level of care.