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41-21-71 - Procedure after examination; release or confinement pending hearing.

§ 41-21-71. Procedure after examination; release or confinement pending hearing.
 

If, as a result of the examination, the examiners certify that the person is not in need of treatment, the chancellor or clerk shall dismiss the affidavit. If the chancellor or chancery clerk finds, based upon the physicians' or the physician's and psychologist's, nurse practitioner's or physician assistant's certificate and any other relevant evidence, that the respondent is in need of treatment and that certificate is filed with the chancery clerk within forty-eight (48) hours after the order for examination, or extension of that time as provided in Section 41-21-69, the clerk shall immediately set the matter for a hearing. The hearing shall be set within seven (7) days of the filing of the certificate unless an extension is requested by the respondent's attorney. In no event shall the hearing be more than ten (10) days after the filing of the certificate. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1975, ch. 492, § 3(6, 7); Laws, 1976, ch. 401, § 4; Laws, 1984, ch. 477, § 6; Laws, 2008, ch. 513, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 2008.
 

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