Section 330.1475a - Hospitalization without hearing; objection. - Michigan Statutes

MENTAL HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 258 of 1974

330.1475a Hospitalization without hearing; objection.

Sec. 475a.

(1) If an individual is hospitalized without a hearing after placement in an alternative treatment program, the individual has a right to object to the hospitalization. Upon transfer of the individual to the hospital, the hospital shall notify the individual of his or her right to object under this section.

(2) Upon receipt of an objection to a hospitalization under section (1), the court shall schedule a hearing for a determination that the individual requires hospitalization.

History: Add. 1996, Act 588, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1997