(a) Patients admitted to the facility may originate from the following sources:

Terms Used In Alabama Code 22-54-2

  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(1) Residents of any institution under the jurisdiction of the Alabama Department of Mental Health;
(2) Commitments by the courts as mentally incompetent to stand trial under applicable state law;
(3) Referrals by the courts for psychosocial diagnosis and recommendation as part of the pretrial or presentence procedure or determination of mental competency to stand trial;
(4) Mentally ill prisoners from county and municipal jails for diagnosis, evaluation or treatment; and
(5) Mentally ill convicts under the custody of the Department of Corrections of Alabama for diagnosis, evaluation or treatment.
(b) Patients from other sources may be admitted provided such admission is not inconsistent with the law and is within the capacity of the facilities and staff to accommodate same.
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