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Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-5-420: Review of status of persons involuntarily committed for

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treatment.

A. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

shall adopt rules and procedures to ensure that persons

involuntarily committed to the facilities of the Department of

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for treatment by a court

receive review of their involuntary status at least once every three

(3) months, and the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Services shall take appropriate action based upon this review.

B. Any person receiving involuntary inpatient treatment, or

such person's attorney, may at any time file a written request that

the treatment order be reviewed by the committing court, or a court

in the county where the person is located. If a review is

requested, the court shall hear the matter within thirty (30) days

after the request, and the court shall give notice to the person and

such person's attorney and the person in charge of the facility of

the time and place of the hearing. The hearing shall be to

determine if the person can be treated on a less restrictive basis.

At the conclusion of the hearing, the court may confirm the order of

treatment, modify the order of treatment, discharge the respondent,

or enter any appropriate order.

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