(1) The physician or provider may subject the principal to mental health treatment in a manner contrary to the principal's wishes as expressed in a declaration for mental health treatment only: (a) When a court order contradicts the principal's wishes as specified in the declaration; or (b) In cases of emergency endangering life or health. (2) A declaration does not limit any authority provided in Sections 3-100 through 3-910 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code either to take a person into custody, or to admit, retain, or treat a person in a health care facility. wishes as specified in the declaration; or
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