Section 27B-3-45 - Temporary detention of voluntary resident--Emergency commitment procedures.

27B-3-45. Temporary detention of voluntary resident--Emergency commitment procedures. A facility may temporarily detain a voluntarily admitted person with a developmental disability for twenty-four hours after the request for discharge to initiate emergency commitment procedures, pursuant to § 27B-7-38, if the person's interdisciplinary team determines that the person presents an immediate danger to self or others.

Source: SL 2000, ch 131, § 47.