Involuntary admission on medical certification; notice of admission to patients and others
§ 9.29 Involuntary admission on medical certification; notice of
admission to patients and others.
(a) The director shall cause written notice of a person's involuntary admission on an application supported by medical certification to be given forthwith to the mental hygiene legal service.
(b) The director shall cause written notice of the admission of such person, including such person's rights under this article, to be given personally or by mail not later than five days, excluding Sunday and holidays, after such admission to the following:
1. the nearest relative of the person alleged to be mentally ill, other than the applicant, if there be any such person known to the director.
2. as many as three additional persons, if designated in writing to receive such notice by the person so admitted.
Director gives MHLS written notice forthwith. ★ And within 5 days (excluding Sundays/holidays) of admission, personal/mailed notice to: the nearest relative (other than applicant) and up to 3 additional persons the patient designates in writing. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 6 — The JG-22 Uniform Rules and Everything Else and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.