§ 9.37 Involuntary admission on certificate of a director of community\n services or his designee.\n * (a) The director of a hospital, upon application by a director of\ncommunity services or an examining physician duly designated by him or\nher, may receive and care for in such hospital as a patient any person\nwho, in the opinion of the director of community services or the\ndirector's designee, has a mental illness for which immediate inpatient\ncare and treatment in a hospital is appropriate and which is likely to\nresult in serious harm to himself or herself or others.\n The need for immediate hospitalization shall be confirmed by a staff\nphysician of the hospital prior to admission. Within seventy-two hours,\nexcluding Sunday and holidays, after such admission, if such patient is\nto be retained for care and treatment beyond such time and he or she\ndoes not agree to remain in such hospital as a voluntary patient, the\ncertificate of another examining physician who is a member of the\npsychiatric staff of the hospital that the patient is in need of\ninvoluntary care and treatment shall be filed with the hospital. From\nthe time of his or her admission under this section the retention of\nsuch patient for care and treatment shall be subject to the provisions\nfor notice, hearing, review, and judicial approval of continued\nretention or transfer and continued retention provided by this article\nfor the admission and retention of involuntary patients, provided that,\nfor the purposes of such provisions, the date of admission of the\npatient shall be deemed to be the date when the patient was first\nreceived in the hospital under this section.\n * NB Effective until July 1, 2027\n * (a) The director of a hospital, upon application by a director of\ncommunity services or an examining physician duly designated by them,\nmay receive and care for in such hospital as a patient any person who,\nin the opinion of the director of community services or their designee,\nhas a mental illness for which immediate inpatient care and treatment in\na hospital is appropriate and which is likely to result in serious harm\nto themself or others. "Likelihood of serious harm" shall mean:\n 1. substantial risk of physical harm to themself as manifested by\nthreats of or attempts at suicide or serious bodily harm or other\nconduct demonstrating that they are dangerous to themself, or\n 2. a substantial risk of physical harm to other persons as manifested\nby homicidal or other violent behavior by which others are placed in\nreasonable fear or serious physical harm, or\n 3. a substantial risk of physical harm to the person due to an\ninability or refusal, as a result of their mental illness, to provide\nfor their own essential needs such as food, clothing, necessary medical\ncare, personal safety, or shelter.\n The need for immediate hospitalization shall be confirmed by a staff\nphysician of the hospital prior to admission. Within seventy-two hours,\nexcluding Sunday and holidays, after such admission, if such patient is\nto be retained for care and treatment beyond such time and they do not\nagree to remain in such hospital as a voluntary patient, the certificate\nof another examining physician who is a member of the psychiatric staff\nof the hospital that the patient is in need of involuntary care and\ntreatment shall be filed with the hospital. From the time of their\nadmission under this section the retention of such patient for care and\ntreatment shall be subject to the provisions for notice, hearing,\nreview, and judicial approval of continued retention or transfer and\ncontinued retention provided by this article for the admission and\nretention of involuntary patients, provided that, for the purposes of\nsuch provisions, the date of admission of the patient shall be deemed to\nbe the date when the patient was first received in the hospital under\nthis section.\n * NB Effective July 1, 2027\n (b) The application for admi
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