{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43a-43a-5-101","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-5-101","heading":"Procedures for admission to state facility, psychiatric","body":"hospital or private institution.\n\nA. Any person who has a mental illness or is alcohol- or drug-\n\ndependent to a degree which warrants inpatient treatment or care,\n\nand who is not in confinement in any jail or correctional facility\n\non a criminal charge or conviction and who has no criminal charges\n\npending against him or her, may be admitted to and confined in a\n\nfacility within the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse\n\nServices, a state psychiatric hospital, or a licensed private\n\ninstitution by compliance with any one of the following procedures:\n\n1. Emergency admission;\n\n2. On voluntary application; or\n\n3. On involuntary court commitment.\n\nB. Any person who has a mental illness or is alcohol- or drug-\n\ndependent to a degree which warrants inpatient treatment or care and\n\nwho has criminal charges pending against him or her but is not\n\nconfined in any jail or correctional facility may be admitted to a\n\nfacility within the Department or a licensed private institution\n\npursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this section;\n\nprovided, the facility or hospital shall be authorized to take such\n\nreasonable steps as necessary to assure the protection of the\n\npublic, the residents of the facility or hospital and the person\n\nincluding, but not limited to, segregation and private facilities.\n\nProvided further, treatment received pursuant to this subsection\n\nshall not constitute a defense in any criminal proceeding except as\n\notherwise provided by Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nC. 1. Any person confined pursuant to a criminal charge shall\n\nonly be admitted to and confined pursuant to a court order issued in\n\ncompliance with the provisions of Section 1175.6 of Title 22 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes.\n\n2. No person shall be deprived of his or her liberty on the\n\ngrounds that such person is, or is supposed to have, a mental\n\nillness or is in need of mental health treatment, except in\n\naccordance with the provisions of the Mental Health Law.","path":["OK Code","Title 43A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os43A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"0dedd62bcc6074d024c544c68e55b67766da349f3a03cb1b45003d5b41928243","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43a-43a-446","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43a-43a-5-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}