North Dakota § 25-03.1-39 Transportation - Expenses

North Dakota Statutes

§ 25-03.1-39 — Transportation - Expenses

North Dakota § 25-03.1-39

Title 25Mental and Physical Illness or Disability

Ch. 25-03.1Commitment Procedures

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N.D. Cent. Code § 25-03.1-39 (2026).

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Whenever an individual is about to be involuntarily hospitalized under the provisions of this
chapter, an official or person designated by the court shall arrange for the individual's
transportation to the treatment facility with suitable medical or nursing attendants and by such
means as may be suitable for the individual's medical condition. Whenever practicable, the
individual to be hospitalized must be permitted to be accompanied by one or more of the
individual's friends or relatives, and when practicable shall not be transported by police officers
or in police vehicles. If the proposed patient is unable to pay for expenses of transportation, and
friends or relatives do not oblige themselves to pay such expenses, the court may direct that
such expenses be paid by the county of the pat

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Whenever an individual is about to be involuntarily hospitalized under the provisions of this
chapter, an official or person designated by the court shall arrange for the individual's
transportation to the treatment facility with suitable medical or nursing attendants and by such
means as may be suitable for the individual's medical condition. Whenever practicable, the
individual to be hospitalized must be permitted to be accompanied by one or more of the
individual's friends or relatives, and when practicable shall not be transported by police officers
or in police vehicles. If the proposed patient is unable to pay for expenses of transportation, and
friends or relatives do not oblige themselves to pay such expenses, the court may direct that
such expenses be paid by the county of the patient's residence.