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Once a person is taken to a hospital for a psychiatric examination, the doctor who examines them must decide within three days (72 hours) whether to release them, or keep them in the hospital for a longer period of time. Until the doctor makes a decision, they are not free to leave the hospital.

Mental Health Code Section 712 The Mental Health Code requires a person-centered approach to the planning, selection, and delivery of the supports, services, and/or treatment you receive from the public mental health system (community mental health programs, their service providers and licensed psychiatric hospitals.

The clinical certificate certifies that the individual personally examined is mentally ill and a person requiring treatment. The first certificate can be executed by any physician or licensed psychologist and is good for up to 72 hours prior to hospitalization.

You will be asked to complete a Petition for Mental Health Treatment. There is no fee. Court staff will prepare a Supplement to Petition for Mental Health Treatment and Order. You will then be sent to a Probate Judge (in the same building) where your petition will be heard.

Kevin's Law helps to provide protection and care for individuals who have mental illnesses and may be impaired in their judgement about the need for treatment. Family and friends of the individual can petition the court to order outpatient mental health care.

What is a 5150 or 72-hour hold? 5150 is the number of the section of the Welfare and Institutions Code, which allows a person with a mental challenge to be involuntarily detained for a 72-hour psychiatric hospitalization. A person on a 5150 can be held in the psychiatric hospital against their will for up to 72 hours.

Sec. 411. Subject to section 410, an individual 18 years of age or over may be hospitalized as an informal voluntary patient if he or she requests hospitalization as an informal voluntary patient and if the hospital director considers the individual to be clinically suitable for that form of hospitalization.

The Mental Health Code is the compilation of Michigan laws governing the delivery of mental health services.

You may not be able to reach your loved one's mental health provider or they may not have one. In that case, take your loved one to the hospital, contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988, or call 911. Depending on where you live, you may be able to contact a mobile crisis team for assistance.