Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 632
Comprehensive Psychiatric Services
←632.105
Section 632.110.1
632.115→
August 28, 2015
Minors to be accepted for evaluation, when, by whom--may then be admitted to mental health facility--parent or guardian to consent--peace officer may transport to facility, when.
632.110. 1. The head of a private mental health facility may, and
the head of a department mental health facility shall, except in the case
of a medical emergency and subject to the availability of suitable programs
and accommodations, accept for evaluation, on an outpatient basis if
practicable, any minor for whom an application for voluntary admission is
made by his parent or other legal custodian. The department may require
that a community-based service where the minor resides perform the
evaluation pursuant to an affiliation agreement or contract with the
department.
2. If the minor is diagnosed as having a mental disorder, other than
an intellectual disability or developmental disability without another
accompanying mental disorder, and found suitable for inpatient treatment as
a result of the evaluation, the minor may be admitted by a private mental
health facility or shall be admitted by a department mental health
facility, if suitable accommodations are available, for care, treatment and
rehabilitation as an inpatient for such periods and under such conditions
as authorized by law. The department may require that a community-based
service where the patient resides admit the person for inpatient care,
treatment and rehabilitation pursuant to an affiliation agreement and
contract with the department.
3. The parent or legal custodian who applied for the admission of the
minor shall have the right to authorize his evaluation, care, treatment and
rehabilitation and the right to refuse permission to medicate the minor;
except that medication may be given in emergency situations.
4. The parent or legal custodian may request a peace officer to take
a minor into custody and transport him to the mental health facility for
evaluation if the parent or legal custodian applies for such evaluation
under subsection 1 of this section.
(L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 2011 H.B. 555 merged with H.B. 648)
1991
1991
632.110. 1. The head of a private mental health facility may, and the
head of a department mental health facility shall, except in the case of a
medical emergency and subject to the availability of suitable programs and
accommodations, accept for evaluation, on an outpatient basis if practicable,
any minor for whom an application for voluntary admission is made by his
parent or other legal custodian. The department may require that a
community-based service where the minor resides perform the evaluation
pursuant to an affiliation agreement or contract with the department.
2. If the minor is diagnosed as having a mental disorder, other than
mental retardation or developmental disability without another accompanying
mental disorder, and found suitable for inpatient treatment as a result of
the evaluation, the minor may be admitted by a private mental health facility
or shall be admitted by a department mental health facility, if suitable
accommodations are available, for care, treatment and rehabilitation as an
inpatient for such periods and under such conditions as authorized by law.
The department may require that a community-based service where the patient
resides admit the person for inpatient care, treatment and rehabilitation
pursuant to an affiliation agreement and contract with the department.
3. The parent or legal custodian who applied for the admission of the
minor shall have the right to authorize his evaluation, care, treatment and
rehabilitation and the right to refuse permission to medicate the minor;
except that medication may be given in emergency situations.
4. The parent or legal custodian may request a peace officer to take a
minor into custody and transport him to the mental health facility for
evaluation if the parent or legal custodian applies for such evaluation under
subsection 1 of this section.
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