Section 330.1438 - Order of hospitalization; protective custody; transportation; conditions to release after 24 hours.
MENTAL HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 258 of 1974
330.1438 Order of hospitalization; protective custody; transportation; conditions to release after 24 hours.
Sec. 438.
If it appears to the court that the individual requires immediate involuntary mental health treatment in order to prevent physical harm to himself or herself, or others, the court may order the individual hospitalized and may order a peace officer to take the individual into protective custody and transport the individual to a preadmission screening unit designated by the community mental health services program. If the preadmission screening unit authorizes hospitalization, the peace officer shall transport the individual to a hospital designated by the community mental health services program, unless other arrangements are provided by the preadmission screening unit. If the examinations and clinical certificates of the psychiatrist, and the physician or the licensed psychologist, are not completed within 24 hours after hospitalization, the individual shall be released.
History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 402, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996