{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43a-43a-5-503","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-5-503","heading":"Voluntary and involuntary admission for treatment","body":"A. A parent of a minor or a minor sixteen (16) years of age or\n\nolder may consent to the voluntary admission of the minor for\n\ninpatient mental health or substance abuse treatment.\n\nB. Upon the application of a minor sixteen (16) years of age or\n\nolder or a parent of a minor, a mental health or substance abuse\n\nfacility may admit the minor for inpatient evaluation or treatment\n\nif the person in charge of the facility, or a designee, determines\n\nthe minor to be clinically eligible for such admission, and:\n\n1. After an initial assessment, a licensed mental health\n\nprofessional determines and states in writing that there is\n\nreasonable cause to believe that the minor may be a minor in need of\n\ntreatment and that an evaluation is necessary to properly determine\n\nthe condition and treatment needs of the minor, if any; and\n\n2. After an outpatient or inpatient mental health evaluation, a\n\nlicensed mental health professional determines and states in writing\n\nthat in the opinion of the professional, the minor is a minor in\n\nneed of treatment and:\n\na. the minor appears to have a mental illness or drug or\n\nalcohol dependence serious enough to warrant inpatient\n\ntreatment and is reasonably likely to benefit from the\n\ntreatment, and\n\nb. based upon the following, inpatient treatment is\n\ndetermined to be the least restrictive alternative\n\nthat meets the needs of the minor:\n\n(1) reasonable efforts have been made to provide for\n\nthe treatment needs of the minor through the\n\nprovision of less restrictive alternatives and\n\nsuch alternatives have failed to meet the\n\ntreatment needs of the minor, or\n\n(2) after a thorough consideration of less\n\nrestrictive alternatives to inpatient treatment,\n\nthe condition of the minor is such that less\n\nrestrictive alternatives are unlikely to meet the\n\ntreatment needs of the minor, and\n\nc. the minor has been provided with a clinically\n\nappropriate explanation of the nature and purpose of\n\nthe treatment.\n\nThe consenting parent shall have the opportunity to discuss the\n\nfindings with a person involved in the treatment of the minor.\n\nC. The determinations and written statements of a licensed\n\nmental health professional made pursuant to this section shall, upon\n\nthe admission of the minor for inpatient evaluation or treatment, be\n\nmade a part of the medical record of the minor.\n\nD. Inpatient treatment of a minor admitted under this section\n\nmay not continue unless continued inpatient treatment has been\n\nauthorized by appropriate hospital medical personnel, based upon\n\ntheir written findings that the criteria set forth in subsection B\n\nof this section continue to be met, after such persons have examined\n\nthe minor and interviewed the consenting parent and reviewed reports\n\nsubmitted by members of the facility staff familiar with the\n\ncondition of the minor. This finding is subject to the review\n\nprovisions contained in Section 5-512 of this title.\n\nE. A mental health or substance abuse treatment facility may\n\nrequest that the district attorney file a petition alleging a minor\n\nto be a minor in need of treatment and require inpatient treatment\n\nwhen the parent consenting to the admission of a minor or when the\n\nminor age sixteen (16) years or older who had previously consented\n\nto admission revokes such consent and the person in charge of the\n\nfacility, or a designee, determines that the condition of the minor\n\nis such that the minor should remain in the facility. If the\n\ndistrict attorney refuses to file a petition, the district attorney\n\nmust immediately notify the requesting facility, in writing, of the\n\nrefusal to file.\n\nF. A minor who is in the legal custody of the Department of\n\nHuman Services or the Office of Juvenile Affairs and who is a ward\n\nof a court may be admitted to a hospital or other facility for\n\ninpatient mental health or substance abuse treatment only pursuant\ney refuses to file a petition, the district attorney\n\nmust immediately notify the requesting facility, in writing, of the\n\nrefusal to file.\n\nF. A minor who is in the legal custody of the Department of\n\nHuman Services or the Office of Juvenile Affairs and who is a ward\n\nof a court may be admitted to a hospital or other facility for\n\ninpatient mental health or substance abuse treatment only pursuant\n\nto the provisions of Section 5-507 of this title.\n\n1. A public or private child care agency having legal custody\n\nof a minor may request the district attorney to file a petition\n\nalleging the minor to be a minor in need of treatment and to require\n\ninpatient treatment.\n\n2. Nothing in the Inpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse\n\nTreatment of Minors Act shall be interpreted to prohibit or preclude\n\nthe provision of outpatient treatment or services including, but not\n\nlimited to, outpatient evaluation, counseling, educational,\n\nrehabilitative or other mental health and substance abuse services\n\nto the minor, as necessary and appropriate, in the absence of a\n\nspecific court order for such services.\n\nG. 1. An order of a court committing a minor to a facility for\n\ninpatient mental health or substance abuse evaluation or treatment\n\nshall not, by itself, relieve a parent of the obligation to provide\n\nfor the support of the minor nor of liability for the cost of\n\ntreatment provided to the minor.\n\n2. Nothing in the Inpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse\n\nTreatment of Minors Act shall be interpreted to:\n\na. limit the authority of the court to order a parent to\n\nmake support payments or to make payments or\n\nreimbursements for medical care or treatment,\n\nincluding mental health care or treatment, to the\n\nperson, institution, or agency having custody of the\n\nminor or providing the treatment, or\n\nb. abrogate the right of the minor to any benefits\n\nprovided through public funds for which the minor is\n\notherwise eligible.\n\n3. An order committing a minor to a facility for inpatient\n\nmental health or substance abuse treatment shall not by itself serve\n\nto preclude a subsequent adjudication which finds the minor to be\n\ndelinquent, in need of supervision or deprived nor shall it cause\n\nthe vacation of any such order of adjudication previously entered.\n\nH. If the parent who consented to the admission of a minor\n\nunder this section revokes such consent at any time, the minor shall\n\nbe discharged within forty-eight (48) hours, excluding weekends and\n\nholidays, unless the district attorney is requested to file a\n\npetition alleging the minor to be a minor in need of treatment and\n\nto require inpatient treatment in accordance with the provisions of\n\nthis title. If the district attorney refuses to file a petition,\n\nthe district attorney must immediately notify the requesting\n\nfacility, in writing, of the refusal to file.\n\nI. If a minor sixteen (16) years of age or older who consented\n\nto treatment subsequently revokes their consent at any time, the\n\nminor shall be discharged within forty-eight (48) hours, excluding\n\nweekends and holidays, unless the district attorney is requested to\n\nfile a petition alleging the minor to be a minor in need of\n\ntreatment and to require inpatient treatment in accordance with the\n\nprovisions of this title or the parent of the minor subsequently\n\nconsents to the treatment of the minor. If the district attorney\n\nrefuses to file a petition, the district attorney must immediately\n\nnotify the requesting facility, in writing, of the refusal to file.","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":"221c6b3b1e4ef2121f07727dd3234428061af0ebb9d3c7594d5afb1e15c5b7cd","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43a-43a-5-502","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43a-43a-5-504"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}