Kentucky Revised Statutes
Includes enactments through the 2024 Regular Session
Chapter titles, centered headings, section catchlines, and explanatory notes are for informational purposes only and do not constitute any part of the law. For general laws governing construction of statutes, see KRS Chapter 446.
The KRS database was last updated on 11/20/2024
.010 Title of chapter.
.020 Definitions for chapter.
.030 Voluntary admission to hospital -- Transport from originating hospital to receiving hospital or psychiatric facility.
.035 Rights of hospitalized child.
.040 Certification petition.
.050 Contents of certification petition.
.060 Procedures upon filing petition -- Appointment of counsel.
.070 Hearing procedure.
.080 Use of child's disclosures.
.090 Criteria for hospitalization.
.100 Order after hearing.
.105 Certification -- Forms -- Fees.
.110 Recertification procedure.
.120 Emergency hospitalization.
.130 Rights and duties of court-designated workers.
.140 Jurisdictional matters.
.150 Prerequisite for involuntary hospitalization -- Discharge of voluntary patient -- Notice of discharge required.
.160 Repealed, 1988.
.170 Hospital review committee -- Review of patient's individual treatment plan.
.180 Convalescent leave for involuntary patient -- Rehospitalization.
.190 Child's right to file notice of intent to leave.
.200 Responsibilities of hospital after receipt of notice of intent to leave.
.210 Contesting of intent to leave.
.220 Notice requirements.
.230 Rights of child, parent.
.240 Procedures when child objects to being discharged.
.250 Authority to promulgate administrative regulations.
.260 Appeals.
.270 Duty of mental health professional to warn intended victim of patient's threat of violence.
.280 Place where child to be held.
.990 Penalty.