NY Ment Hygiene L § 9.57 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title B - Mental Health Act Article 9 - Hospitalization of Persons With a Mental Illness 9.57 - Emergency Admissions for Immediate Observation, Care and Treatment; Powers of Emergency Room Physicians.

* § 9.57 Emergency   admissions  for  immediate  observation,  care  andtreatment; powers of emergency room physicians.A physician who has examined a person in an emergency room or provided   emergency medical services at a general hospital, as defined in  article   twenty-eight  of the public health law, which does not have an inpatient   psychiatric service, or a physician who  has  examined  a  person  in  a   comprehensive  psychiatric  emergency  program  shall  be  authorized to   request that the director of the program or hospital, or the  director's   designee,  direct  the  removal of such person to a hospital approved by   the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (a) of  section  9.39  of  this   article  or  to  a  comprehensive  psychiatric emergency program, if the   physician determines upon examination of such person  that  such  person   appears  to have a mental illness for which immediate care and treatment   in a hospital is appropriate and which is likely to  result  in  serious   harm  to  himself  or  others.  Upon  the  request of the physician, the   director of the program or  hospital  or  the  director's  designee,  is   authorized  to  direct  peace  officers,  when  acting pursuant to their   special duties, or police officers, who are  members  of  an  authorized   police  department  or  force  or of a sheriff's department to take into   custody and transport any such person. Upon the request of an  emergency   room  physician  or  the  director  of  the  program or hospital, or the   director's designee, an ambulance service, as defined by subdivision two   of section three thousand one of the public health law, is authorized to   take into custody and transport any such person. Such person may then be   admitted to a hospital in accordance with the provisions of section 9.39   of this article or to a comprehensive psychiatric emergency  program  in   accordance with the provisions of section 9.40 of this article.* NB Effective until July 1, 2024   * § 9.57 Emergency   admissions  for  immediate  observation,  care  andtreatment; powers of emergency room physicians.A physician who has examined a person in an emergency room or provided   emergency medical services at a general hospital, as defined in  article   twenty-eight  of the public health law, which does not have an inpatient   psychiatric service, shall be authorized to request that the director of   the hospital, or his designee, direct the removal of such  person  to  a   hospital  approved  by  the  commissioner pursuant to subdivision (a) of   section  9.39  of  this  article,  if  the  physician  determines   upon   examination  of  such  person  that such person appears to have a mental   illness for  which  immediate  care  and  treatment  in  a  hospital  is   appropriate  and which is likely to result in serious harm to himself or   others, as defined in section 9.39 of this article. Upon the request  of   the  physician,  the  director  of  the  hospital  or  his  designee, is   authorized to direct peace  officers,  when  acting  pursuant  to  their   special  duties,  or  police  officers, who are members of an authorized   police department or force or of a sheriff's  department  to  take  into   custody  and transport any such person. Upon the request of an emergency   room physician or the director of the  hospital,  or  his  designee,  an   ambulance  service,  as  defined  by  subdivision  two  of section three   thousand one of the public  health  law,  is  authorized  to  take  into   custody  and transport any such person. Such person may then be admitted   in accordance with the provisions of section 9.39 of this article.* NB Effective July 1, 2024