KRS 202A.031: Emergency admission.

(1) An authorized staff physician may order the admission of any person who is present

at, or is presented at, a hospital. For the purposes of this subsection only, a hospital

may include any acute care hospital that is licensed by the Commonwealth. Within

twenty-four (24) hours (excluding weekends and holidays) of the admission under

this section, the authorized staff physician ordering the admission of the individual

shall certify in the record of the individual that in his opinion the individual should

be involuntarily hospitalized.

(2) Any individual who has been admitted to a hospital under subsection (1) of this

section shall be released from the hospital within seventy-two (72) hours (excluding

weekends and holidays) unless further detained under the appl icable provisions of

this chapter.