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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="10-617" title_number="10" title_name="Mental Health Law" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Admission Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A facility or Veterans’ Administration hospital may not admit the individual under this part unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The individual has a mental disorder;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The individual needs inpatient care or treatment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The individual presents a danger to the life or safety of the individual or of others;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The individual is unable or unwilling to be admitted voluntarily; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>There is no available, less restrictive form of intervention that is consistent with the welfare and safety of the individual.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to the limitations in subsection (a) of this section, a State facility may not admit an individual who is 65 years old or older unless a geriatric evaluation team determines that there is no available, less restrictive form of care or treatment that is adequate for the needs of the individual.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If admission is denied because of the determination of the geriatric evaluation team, the team shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Inform the applicant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Help the applicant obtain the less restrictive form of care or treatment that the team finds would be adequate for the needs of the individual.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
