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Old Dec 27, 2014, 11:21 AM
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If patients are involuntary does that mean they can automatically can give medications. Here we have the involuntary procedures to be admitted. Those hearing must be held within 2 weeks times unless there is a delay on the courts part. I am usually involved with the hearings as the recorder and they can be quite interesting.

The hearings for involuntary administering medications is something totally different and requires a much longer process.
Where I practice, involuntary commitment allows forced drugging. And the hearings must be within 3 days.
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