{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-330.1473","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1473","heading":"Petition for second or continuing order of involuntary mental health treatment; contents; clinical certificate.","body":"Sec. 473.\n\nNot less than 14 days before the expiration of an initial, second, or continuing order of involuntary mental health treatment issued under section 472a or section 485a, a hospital director or an agency or mental health professional supervising an individual's assisted outpatient treatment shall file a petition for a second or continuing order of involuntary mental health treatment if the hospital director or supervisor believes the individual continues to be a person requiring treatment and that the individual is likely to refuse treatment on a voluntary basis when the order expires. The petition shall contain a statement setting forth the reasons for the hospital director's or supervisor's or their joint determination that the individual continues to be a person requiring treatment, a statement describing the treatment program provided to the individual, the results of that course of treatment, and a clinical estimate as to the time further treatment will be required. The petition shall be accompanied by a clinical certificate executed by a psychiatrist.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 330","Act Act-258-of-1974"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-330-1473","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"6edf7ba929d5eb8c356d0d29e4f340fc6ab3294e4154a6cf94b1f195086008c4","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-330.1472a","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-330.1474"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}