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RCW 71.05.260

Release from involuntary intensive treatment—Exception.

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 115 Wash. 2d 21 - In Re the Detention Swanson (1990)

Most recently applied in In re Det. of A.C. (July 2023)

1997 c 112 s 20; 1987 c 439 s 7; 1974 ex.s. c 145 s 18; 1973 1st ex.s. c 142 s 31.

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(1) Involuntary intensive treatment ordered at the time of the probable cause hearing shall be for no more than fourteen days, and shall terminate sooner when, in the opinion of the professional person in charge of the facility or his or her professional designee, (a) the person no longer constitutes a likelihood of serious harm, or (b) no longer is gravely disabled, or (c) is prepared to accept voluntary treatment upon referral, or (d) is to remain in the facility providing intensive treatment on a voluntary basis.

(2) A person who has been detained for fourteen days of intensive treatment shall be released at the end of the fourteen days unless one of the following applies: (a) Such person agrees to receive further treatment on a voluntary basis; or (b) such person is a patient to whom RCW 71.05.280 is applicable.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.