Maine § 34-B §3861 Reception of involuntary patients

Maine Statutes

§ 34-B §3861 — Reception of involuntary patients

Maine § 34-B §3861

Title 34-BBEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES

Ch. 3MENTAL HEALTH

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 34-B, § 34-B §3861 (2026).

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1.Nonstate mental health institution. The chief administrative officer of a nonstate mental health institution may receive for observation, diagnosis, care and treatment in the institution any person whose admission is applied for under any of the procedures in this subchapter. An admission may be made under the provisions of section 3863 only if the certifying examination conducted pursuant to section 3863, subsection 2 was completed no more than 2 days before the date of admission.

2.State mental health institute. The chief administrative officer of a state mental health institute:

3.Involuntary treatment. Except for involuntary treatment ordered pursuant to the provisions of section 3864, subsection 7‑A, involuntary treatment of a patient at a designated nonstate mental health instit

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1.
Nonstate mental health institution.
The chief administrative officer of a nonstate mental health institution may receive for observation, diagnosis, care and treatment in the institution any person whose admission is applied for under any of the procedures in this subchapter. An admission may be made under the provisions of section 3863 only if the certifying examination conducted pursuant to section 3863, subsection 2 was completed no more than 2 days before the date of admission.
2.
State mental health institute.
The chief administrative officer of a state mental health institute:
3.
Involuntary treatment.
Except for involuntary treatment ordered pursuant to the provisions of section 3864, subsection 7‑A, involuntary treatment of a patient at a designated nonstate mental health institution or a state mental health institute who is an involuntarily committed patient under the provisions of this subchapter may be ordered and administered only in conformance with the provisions of this subsection. For the purposes of this subsection, involuntary treatment is limited to medication for the treatment of mental illness and laboratory testing and medication for the monitoring and management of side effects.
4.
Emergency involuntary treatment.
Nothing in this section precludes a medical practitioner from administering involuntary treatment to a person who is being held or detained by a hospital against the person's will under the provisions of this subchapter, if the following conditions are met:

Legislative History

PL 1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 906 (AMD). RR 1993, c. 2, §36 (COR). PL 1993, c. 336, §1 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 560, §K82 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 560, §K83 (AFF). PL 1997, c. 154, §1 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 422, §5 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 354, §3 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 689, §B6 (REV). PL 2007, c. 89, §2 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 319, §8 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 580, §2 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 695, Pt. M, §1 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. DD, §§1-4 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 309, §1 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. C, §96 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. F, §1 (AFF). PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF). PL 2021, c. 165, §1 (AMD).