KRS 202A.101: Notification of receiving hospital or psychiatric facility -- Transportation

of patient. (Effective until October 1, 2026)

(1) The court which orders any person to the receiving hospital or psychiatric facility,

under the provisions of this cha pter, shall at once notify the receiving hospital or

psychiatric facility that such order has been made, advising of the sex and condition

of the person.

(2) After the facility has been so notified, the court shall order the sheriff of the county

or other peace officer to transport the patient within forty -eight (48) hours

(excluding weekends and holidays) from the county in which the person is located

to the hospital or psychiatric facility designated by the cabinet. The sheriff or other

peace officer may, upon agreement of a person authorized by the peace officer,

authorize the cabinet, a private agency on contract with the cabinet, or an

ambulance service designated by the cabinet to transport the person to the hospital.

(3) The transportation costs of transporting a person to a hospital or psychiatric facility,

when performed by a peace officer, an ambulance service, or other private agency

on contract with the cabinet shall be paid by the cabinet in accordance with

administrative regulation promulgated b y the cabinet under the provisions of KRS

Chapter 13A.

(4) In returning any patient to the county from which the patient is sent, the

transportation cost of the sheriff or other peace officer, the ambulance service, or

the other agency on contract with the cabinet transporting the patient shall be paid

as provided in KRS 202A.028(4), when necessary.

(5) Whenever an individual is involuntarily hospitalized by a court order the patient

shall be transported to the hospital designated by the cabinet and accompa nied by

the following documents:

(a) A copy of the petition for involuntary hospitalization, unless hospitalization

takes place pursuant to KRS 202A.041;

(b) The certificate of qualified mental health professionals; and

(c) The order of involuntary hospitalization.

(6) The hospital may refuse to receive any person who has been ordered to be

involuntarily hospitalized by a court order if the papers presented with such person

at the hospital do not comply with the provisions of this chapter or if it does not

receive notification of the order of involuntary hospitalization as required by this

chapter.

Effective: July 15, 1994