N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 9.19: Voluntary and informal admissions; notices

§ 9.19 Voluntary and informal admissions; notices.

The director shall cause all patients admitted as voluntary or

informal patients to be informed once during each one hundred twenty

days of hospitalization of their status and rights, including their

right to avail themselves of the facilities of the mental hygiene legal

service. At the time of such periodic notification, the written consent

of a patient to his continued stay as a voluntary or informal patient

shall be obtained and a copy thereof shall be given to the mental

hygiene legal service.