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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 07:05:46+00:00

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in the same general fashion with some significant exceptions.
applicant may be a mental health professional, police officer or physician.
respondent during all stages of the commitment process.
that the Respondent has been offered and refused voluntary treatment.
need for medical care [W.Va. Code §27-5-2(e)].
individual has been hospitalized on a voluntary basis and is now being involuntarily committed.
final commitment are instituted. WVa. Code §27-5-3(g).
committed to the mental health facility by MHC, the sheriff is to transport the individual.
terms of the voluntary treatment agreement.
to remain at liberty. If not completed, or re-certified, the respondent must be discharged.
county of the mental health facility, if the respondent was hospitalized in the facility.
released. W.Va. Code §27-5-3(g) & (h).
than eight days prior to the hearing. W.Va. Code §27-5-4(e).
detrimental to the respondent. W.Va. Code §27-5-4(h).
facility, and the physician or psychologist who completed the certification of the respondent.
the purpose of further hearings within 30 days.
ten days of the final hearing.
commitment, and proceed along the process of compliance and review set out above.
that additional hospitalization is necessary, the hearing process is reinstituted.
may be discharged from the facility and the action is dismissed. W Va. Code §27-5-4(k).
or others then the MHC must dismiss the proceedings. W Va. Code §27-5-4(1).
ofhabeas corpus. W.Va. Code §27-5-5.
court order or the individual’s consent.

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