Indiana Code 12-24-19-1. Applicability of chapter
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Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies only to a patient who is transferred or discharged from a state institution administered by the division of mental health and addiction.
(1) An individual who is admitted to a state institution only for evaluation purposes.
(b) This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-24-19-1
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(2) An individual who is incompetent to stand trial.
(3) An individual who has a developmental disability (as defined in IC 12-7-2-61).
(4) An individual in an alcohol and drug services program who is not concurrently diagnosed with a mental illness.
(5) An individual who has escaped from the facility to which the individual was involuntarily committed.
(6) An individual who was admitted to a facility for voluntary treatment and who has left the facility against the advice of the attending physician.
As added by P.L.40-1994, SEC.54. Amended by P.L.215-2001, SEC.70; P.L.99-2007, SEC.121.