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20-47-219. Return of persons absent from treatment — Noncompliance with treatment plan — Effect on order.
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20-47-219. Return of persons absent from treatment — Noncompliance with treatment plan — Effect on order.
(a) If any person involuntarily admitted to a receiving facility or program or hospital for care pursuant to this subchapter absents himself or herself from a receiving facility or program or hospital without leave or fails to comply with the court-approved treatment plan, the person will be returned, upon the request of the person's treatment staff, to the receiving facility or program or hospital by the sheriff of the county or law enforcement officer of the city of the first class in which the individual is physically present or the hospital or receiving facility or program security personnel without further proceedings.
(b) Notification shall be provided to the court by the person's treatment staff if a person absents himself or herself without leave or fails to comply with the court-approved treatment plan.
(c) A person's noncompliance with the court-approved treatment plan or absenting himself or herself from a receiving facility or program or hospital without leave shall not vacate an order; the order shall remain in effect until abated or changed by the issuing court or until the expiration of one (1) year.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-47-219
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Source file: gov.ar.code.title.20.odt
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20-47-219. Return of persons absent from treatment — Noncompliance with treatment plan — Effect on order.
(a) If any person involuntarily admitted to a receiving facility or program or hospital for care pursuant to this subchapter absents himself or herself from a receiving facility or program or hospital without leave or fails to comply with the court-approved treatment plan, the person will be returned, upon the request of the person's treatment staff, to the receiving facility or program or hospital by the sheriff of the county or law enforcement officer of the city of the first class in which the individual is physically present or the hospital or receiving facility or program security personnel without further proceedings.
(b) Notification shall be provided to the court by the person's treatment staff if a person absents himself or herself without leave or fails to comply with the court-approved treatment plan.
(c) A person's noncompliance with the court-approved treatment plan or absenting himself or herself from a receiving facility or program or hospital without leave shall not vacate an order; the order shall remain in effect until abated or changed by the issuing court or until the expiration of one (1) year.
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