§ 25-10-106 — Voluntary applications for admission

(a) The head of a hospital may admit for treatment any
adult who has symptoms of mental illness but who has sufficient
insight or capacity to make responsible, voluntary application
for admission and who applies for admission.
(b) A person who has symptoms of mental illness but
because of minority or incompetency is not capable of making a
responsible, voluntary application for admission may be admitted
for treatment upon application by a parent or guardian if the
application:
(i) Is accompanied by a statement of an examiner that
the person is mentally ill; and
(ii) An examiner at the hospital, based on a personal
interview, determines that the person is mentally ill.