KRS 202B.025: Temporary admission by authorized staff physician at ICF/ID.

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

at, or is presented at, an ICF/ID. Within twenty -four (24) hours, excluding

weekends and holidays, of the admission under this section, the authorized staff

physician orderi ng the admission of the person shall certify in the record of the

individual that in the opinion of the physician, the individual should be

involuntarily admitted.

(2) Any person who has been admitted to an ICF/ID under subsection (1) of this section

shall be released from the ICF/ID within seventy -two (72) hours, excluding

weekends and holidays, unless further detained under the applicable provisions of

this chapter.