Section 27B-7-38 - Board may issue detention order--Person detained without professional'srecommendation to be examined within given time or released--Professionalexamination and report--Person re
27B-7-38. Board may issue detention order--Person detained without professional's recommendation to be examined within given time or released--Professional examination and report--Person released if not dangerous. The county review board may issue a detention order and direct a law enforcement officer from the referring county or the county of residence to immediately take the person to a community service provider or facility recommended by the Department of Human Services, with the approval of the provider, to be detained for purposes of an examination if the county review board finds from the petition, from other statements under oath, or from reports of physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, or other qualified mental retardation professionals that there is reasonable basis to believe that the person to be committed poses an immediate danger of physical injury to self or others.
If the county review board issues a detention order based on a petition that did not include a recommendation for detention by a psychiatrist or psychologist, the person shall be examined by a psychiatrist or psychologist within forty-eight hours of the issuance of the detention order, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. The results shall be reported to the county review board. If the report is not received by the county review board within forty-eight hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, the person shall be released from placement with the community service provider. The report shall include:
(1) Whether the person may be diagnosed as having a developmental disability;
(2) Whether supports and services are available and appropriate in lieu of county review board proceedings; and
(3) Whether the person continues to pose an immediate danger of physical injury to self or others due to the developmental disability.
Upon receipt of the report by the county review board, if it is determined that the person continues to pose an immediate danger of physical injury to self or others due to the developmental disability, placement with a community service provider shall continue while the commitment process is pending. If the person does not continue to pose an immediate danger of physical injury to self or others, the person shall be released from placement with the community service provider pending further proceedings. No record of arrest may be charged against the person.
Source: SL 2000, ch 131, § 70; SL 2002, ch 136, § 15.