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Michigan Notice of Hearing And Advice Of Rights
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The criteria for involuntary hospitalization are as follows: patients must exhibit dangerous behavior toward themselves or others, they must be helpless and unable to provide for their basic daily needs, and there is a danger of essential harm to their mental health if they do not receive mental care.
Speak to someone in your community mental health team (CMHT), if you have one. Contact your local crisis team. Contact your GP. Go to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department of a local hospital.
The law allows a court to order Assisted Outpatient Treat- ment for people with mental illness who are least able to help themselves or most likely to present a risk to others. Kevin's Law took effect in March 2005.
Mandatory Treatment Laws in MichiganMichigan's laws allow for the use of court-ordered treatment in the community, known as assisted outpatient treatment (AOT). You can find the Michigan civil commitment law, here.
A capacity hearing, which is also called a Riese hearing, may be held to determine whether you can refuse treatment with medications.The hearing officer will determine whether you have the capacity to consent to or refuse medication as a form of treatment.
This order may be valid for up to 15 months during which time you will receive psychiatric treatment.
How do you file the petition? 200bYou may file a petition at the Probate Court of the county where the alleged mentally ill individual resides (or in some cases where the individual is found). You will be required to relate specific facts of the individual's actions. A hearing date will be set in approximately 28 days.