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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="10-622" title_number="10" title_name="Mental Health Law" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Admission Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A petition for emergency evaluation of an individual may be made under this section only if the petitioner has reason to believe that the individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has a mental disorder; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Presents a danger to the life or safety of the individual or of others.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The petition for emergency evaluation of an individual may be made by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A physician, psychologist, physician assistant, clinical social worker, licensed clinical professional counselor, clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric and mental health nursing, psychiatric nurse practitioner, licensed clinical marriage and family therapist, or health officer or designee of a health officer who has examined the individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A peace officer who personally has observed the individual or the individual’s behavior; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Any other interested person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An individual who makes a petition for emergency evaluation under paragraph (1)(i) or (ii) of this subsection may base the petition on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The examination or observation; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Other information obtained that is pertinent to the factors giving rise to the petition.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A petition under this section shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Be signed and verified by the petitioner;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>State the petitioner’s:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Name;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Address; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Home and work telephone numbers;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>State the emergency evaluee’s:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Name; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Description;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>State the following information, if available:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The address of the emergency evaluee; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The name and address of the spouse or a child, parent, or other relative of the emergency evaluee or any other individual who is interested in the emergency evaluee;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>If the individual who makes the petition for emergency evaluation is an individual authorized to do so under subsection (b)(1)(i) of this section, contain the license number of the individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Contain a description of the behavior and statements of the emergency evaluee or any other information that led the petitioner to believe that the emergency evaluee has a mental disorder and that the individual presents a danger to the life or safety of the individual or of others; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Contain any other facts that support the need for an emergency evaluation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The petition form shall contain a notice that the petitioner:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>May be required to appear before a court; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Makes the statements under penalties of perjury.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A petitioner who is a physician, psychologist, physician assistant, clinical social worker, licensed clinical professional counselor, clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric and mental health nursing, psychiatric nurse practitioner, licensed clinical marriage and family therapist, health officer, or designee of a health officer shall give the petition to a peace officer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The peace officer shall explain to the petitioner:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The serious nature of the petition; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The meaning and content of the petition.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
