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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