Washington § 71.05.260 - Release from involuntary intensive treatment — Exception.

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§ 71.05.260. Release from involuntary intensive treatment — Exception.

(1) Involuntary intensive treatment ordered at the time of the probable cause hearing shall be for no more than fourteen days, and shall terminate sooner when, in the opinion of the professional person in charge of the facility or his or her professional designee, (a) the person no longer constitutes a likelihood of serious harm, or (b) no longer is gravely disabled, or (c) is prepared to accept voluntary treatment upon referral, or (d) is to remain in the facility providing intensive treatment on a voluntary basis.
(2) A person who has been detained for fourteen days of intensive treatment shall be released at the end of the fourteen days unless one of the following applies: (a) Such person agrees to receive further treatment on a voluntary basis; or (b) such person is a patient to whom RCW 71.05.280 is applicable.
[ 1997 c 112 s 20; 1987 c 439 s 7; 1974 ex.s. c 145 s 18; 1973 1st ex.s. c 142 s 31.]

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