North Dakota § 25-03.1-24 Right to treat

North Dakota Statutes

§ 25-03.1-24 — Right to treat

North Dakota § 25-03.1-24

Title 25Mental and Physical Illness or Disability

Ch. 25-03.1Commitment Procedures

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N.D. Cent. Code § 25-03.1-24 (2026).

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State hospital or treatment facility personnel may treat a patient with prescribed medication
or a less restrictive alternative if, in the opinion of a psychiatrist or physician, these treatments
are necessary to prevent bodily harm to the patient or others or to prevent imminent
deterioration of the respondent's physical or mental condition and there is not time to obtain a
court order. This chapter does not prohibit a hospital from rendering emergency medical care
without the need for consultation, if in the exercise of sound medical judgment that care is
immediately necessary and delay would endanger the life of or adversely and substantially
affect the health of the patient.

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State hospital or treatment facility personnel may treat a patient with prescribed medication
or a less restrictive alternative if, in the opinion of a psychiatrist or physician, these treatments
are necessary to prevent bodily harm to the patient or others or to prevent imminent
deterioration of the respondent's physical or mental condition and there is not time to obtain a
court order. This chapter does not prohibit a hospital from rendering emergency medical care
without the need for consultation, if in the exercise of sound medical judgment that care is
immediately necessary and delay would endanger the life of or adversely and substantially
affect the health of the patient.