Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-5-304: Voluntary admission to state facilities - Cost of care

and treatment - Bond.

A. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

shall promulgate rules for the reception and retention of voluntary

consumers by state facilities.

B. The executive director in charge of any state facility or

licensed private hospital for care and treatment of the mentally ill

may at his or her discretion receive and retain therein as a

consumer:

1. Any person eighteen (18) years of age or over, suitable for

care and treatment, who voluntarily makes written application;

2. Any person, suitable for care and treatment at least sixteen

(16) years but not over eighteen (18) years of age, with the consent

of such person’s parent or guardian.

C. A person received at any facility pursuant to this section

shall not be detained for a period exceeding seventy-two (72) hours,

excluding weekends and holidays, from and inclusive of the date of

notice in writing of his or her intention or desire to leave such

hospital or facility.

D. The applicant, or someone on behalf of the applicant, must

pay a bond for the cost of care and treatment or pay such cost each

month in advance, unless it is determined that the applicant is a

poor or indigent person as provided in this title.