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AR Code § 20-64-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-802. Jurisdiction

 The circuit courts of this state shall have exclusive jurisdiction for the involuntary commitment procedures initiated pursuant to this subchapter. The circuit judge may conduct hearings pursuant to this subchapter in a receiving facility or program where the person is detained or residing at the Arkansas State Hospital or within any county of his or her judicial district.
AR Code § 20-64-803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-803. Civil immunity

 The prosecuting attorney, deputy prosecuting attorneys, the Prosecutor Coordinator, law enforcement officers, governing boards of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services, employees of the division, governing boards of designated receiving facilities, and employees of designated receiving facilities and programs shall be immune from civil liability for performance of duties imposed by this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-64-804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-804. Habeas corpus

 Nothing in this subchapter shall in any way restrict the right of any person to attempt to secure his or her freedom by a habeas corpus proceeding as provided by current Arkansas law.
AR Code § 20-64-805 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-805. Inspections — Procedures

 (a) To assure compliance with this subchapter, the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services, through its authorized agents, may visit or investigate any receiving facility or program to which persons are admitted or committed under this subchapter.  (b) The division shall promulgate written procedures to implement this subchapter on or before July 1, 1995. The provisions shall:  (1) Designate receiving facilities or programs within prescribed geographical areas of the state for purposes of voluntary admissions or involuntary commitments under this subchapter; and  (2) Establish ongoing mechanisms, guidelines, and rules for review and refinement of the treatment programs offered in the receiving facilities or programs for alcohol and other drug abuse throughout this state.
AR Code § 20-64-810 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-810. Voluntary admissions

 Any person who believes himself or herself to be addicted to alcohol or other drugs may apply to the administrator or his or her designee of a receiving facility or program for admission. If the administrator or his or her designee shall be satisfied after examination of the applicant that he or she is in need of treatment and will be benefited thereby, the applicant may be received and cared for in the receiving facility or program for such a period of time as the administrator or his or her designee shall deem necessary for the recovery and improvement of the person, provided that the person agrees at all times to remain in the receiving facility or program.
AR Code § 20-64-811 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-811. Continued detention

 (a) If at any time the person who has voluntarily admitted himself or herself to a receiving facility or program makes a request to leave, the administrator or his or her designee may file or cause to be filed a petition for involuntary commitment.  (b) If the administrator or his or her designee determines that the person meets the criteria set forth in this subchapter for involuntary commitment and that release would place the person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm, the administrator or his or her designee shall file or cause to be filed a petition for involuntary commitment and shall append thereto a request for continued detention.  (c) The request for continued detention shall be verified and shall:  (1) State with particularity the facts personally known to the affiant which establish reasonable cause to believe the person is in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm;  (2) Identify the receiving facility or program in which the person is being detained; and  (3) Contain a specific prayer that the person be involuntarily committed and that detention be continued.    (d)  (1) The person shall be considered to be held by detention pending judicial determination of the petition for involuntary commitment and continued detention. Any person detained pending judicial determination shall, within two (2) hours of his or her request to leave the receiving facility, be provided with a copy of the petition for involuntary commitment and request for continued detention.  (2) The person shall be presented with an acknowledgment of receipt of the petition for involuntary commitment and request for continued detention. If the person refuses to sign the acknowledgment, this refusal shall be noted on the person's chart and shall be attested by two (2) eyewitnesses on a second document. An original of said attestation shall be furnished to the court. Either a signed acknowledgment or completed attestation shall be sufficient to prove personal service of the petition.    (e) The petition shall be filed and presented to a circuit judge on or before 5:00 p.m. the next day, exclusive of weekends and holidays, after the person makes a request to leave the receiving facility or program. Thereupon, the judge shall review the petition and request for continued detention and determine whether there is reasonable cause to believe the person meets the criteria set forth in this subchapter for involuntary commitment and whether release would place the person in immediate danger of death or serious bodily harm.  (f) If the judge determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that the person meets the criteria set forth in this subchapter for involuntary commitment and that release would place the person in immediate danger of death or serious bodily harm, the judge shall order continued detention pending a hearing to be scheduled and conducted pursuant to § 20-64-821.
AR Code § 20-64-812 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-812. Absence from receiving facility or program

 (a)  (1) Treatment staff shall immediately inform the prosecuting attorney of the county where the receiving facility or program is located if, in the opinion of the treatment staff, a person who voluntarily admitted himself or herself meets the criteria for involuntary commitment set forth in this subchapter and the person has absented himself or herself from the receiving facility or program.  (2) The prosecuting attorney shall initiate an involuntary commitment under this subchapter against the person.  (3)  (A) Statements made by the prosecuting attorney in furtherance of the petition shall not be deemed to be a disclosure.  (B) Statements made by the treating staff to the prosecuting attorney shall be treated as confidential, and the prosecuting attorney shall remain subject to the confidentiality requirements as set forth in state and federal law, rules, and regulations.      (b) If any person shall, during a period of involuntary commitment, absent himself or herself from the receiving facility or program without leave, he or she may be returned by receiving facility or program security personnel or law enforcement officers without further proceedings. The circuit courts of this state are hereby authorized to enter such orders as may be necessary to effect the return.
AR Code § 20-64-815 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-815. Petition for involuntary commitment

 (a) Any person having any reason to believe that a person is homicidal, suicidal, or gravely disabled may file a petition with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the person alleged to be addicted to alcohol or other drugs resides or is detained and be represented by the prosecuting attorney or by any other licensed attorney within the State of Arkansas.  (b) The petition for involuntary commitment shall:  (1) State whether the person is believed to be homicidal, suicidal, or gravely disabled;  (2) Describe the conduct, signs, and symptoms upon which the petition is based. The descriptions shall be limited to facts within the petitioner's personal knowledge;  (3) Contain the names and addresses of any witnesses having knowledge relevant to the allegations contained in the petition; and  (4) Contain a specific prayer for commitment of the person to an appropriate designated receiving facility or program, including residential inpatient or outpatient treatment for his or her addiction to alcohol or other drugs.    (c) Personal service of the petition shall be made in accordance with the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure and shall include:  (1) A notice of the date, time, and place of hearing; and  (2) A notice that if the person shall fail to appear, the court shall issue an order directing a law enforcement officer to place the person in custody for the purpose of a hearing unless the court finds that the person is unable to appear by reason of physical infirmity or that the appearance would be detrimental to his or her health, well-being, or treatment.
AR Code § 20-64-816 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-816. Petition for immediate detention

 (a) Any person filing a petition for involuntary commitment may append thereto a petition for immediate detention.  (b) The request for immediate detention shall be verified and shall:  (1) State with particularity facts personally known to the affiant which establish reasonable cause to believe the person is in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm;  (2) State whether the person is currently detained in a designated receiving facility or program; and  (3) Contain a specific prayer that the person be immediately detained at a designated receiving facility or program pending a hearing.    (c) If, based on the petition for involuntary commitment and request for immediate confinement, the judge finds a reasonable cause to believe the person meets the criteria set forth in this subchapter for involuntary commitment and that the person is in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm, the court may grant the request and order a law enforcement officer to place the person in immediate detention at a designated receiving facility or program for treatment pending a hearing to be scheduled and conducted pursuant to § 20-64-821.  (d) Personal service of the petition and order of immediate detention must be made by a law enforcement officer, who shall, at the time of service, take the person into custody and immediately deliver the person to a designated receiving facility or program.
AR Code § 20-64-817 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-817. Statement of rights

 Every petition for involuntary commitment shall include or contain as an attachment the following statement of rights:   (1) That the person has the right to effective assistance of counsel, including the right to a court-appointed attorney;  (2) That the person and his or her attorney have the right to be present at all significant stages of the proceedings and at all hearings, except that no attorney shall be entitled to be present upon examination of the person by the treatment staff for the purpose of evaluation or treatment;  (3) That the person has the right to present evidence in his or her own behalf and cross-examine witnesses who testify against him or her;  (4) That the person has the right to remain silent; and  (5) That the person has a right to view and copy all petitions, reports, and documents contained in the court file.
AR Code § 20-64-820 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-820. Appointment of counsel

 (a) If it appears to the court that a person sought to be committed is in need of counsel, counsel shall be appointed immediately upon filing of the petition. Whenever legal counsel is appointed by the court, such court shall determine the amount of the fee, if any, to be paid the attorney so appointed and shall issue an order directing the payment. The amount allowed shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150) based upon the time and effort of the attorney and the investigation, preparation, and representation of the client at the court hearings. The court shall have the authority to appoint counsel on a pro bono basis.  (b) The quorum court of each county shall appropriate funds for the purpose of payment of the attorney's fees provided for by this subchapter and upon presentment of a claim accompanied by an order of the circuit court fixing the fee, the same shall be approved by the county quorum court and shall be paid in the same manner as other claims against the county are paid.
AR Code § 20-64-822 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-822. Pleadings — Involuntary commitment

 The pleadings in each case shall be deemed to conform to the proof. The court is hereby authorized to enter orders of involuntary commitment pursuant to § 20-47-201 et seq., conforming thereto.
AR Code § 20-64-823 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-823. Filing of petition — Legal representation

 The petition may be filed by the local prosecuting attorney, an attorney representing the petitioner, or pro se. The county shall establish an indigency fund to permit the petitioner to request a court-appointed attorney by filing an affidavit of indigency. The attorney may be allowed a fee of up to one hundred fifty dollars ($150). Should the circuit court designate a circuit judge in Pulaski County to hear petitions filed for additional periods of commitment pursuant to this subchapter, the Prosecutor Coordinator shall appear for and on behalf of the petitioner and the State of Arkansas before the judge, provided that the hearing is held on the grounds of the Arkansas State Hospital. The representation shall be a part of the official duties of the Prosecutor Coordinator. However, nothing in this section shall prevent the petitioner from retaining his or her own counsel. Thereupon, the Prosecutor Coordinator shall be relieved of the duty to represent the petitioner.
AR Code § 20-64-824 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-824. Additional commitment

 (a) An additional forty-five-day commitment order may be requested if in the opinion of the treatment staff a person remains suicidal, homicidal, or gravely disabled.  (b)  (1)  (A) Any request for periods of additional commitment pursuant to this section shall be made by a petition verified by the receiving facility or program treatment staff.  (B) The petition shall set forth facts and circumstances forming the basis for the request.    (2) Upon the filing of the petition for additional commitment, all rights enumerated in § 20-64-817 shall be applicable.    (c)  (1)  (A) A hearing on the petition for additional commitment pursuant to this section shall be held before the expiration of the period of confinement.  (B) The hearing may be held in a receiving facility or program where the person is detained or residing.    (2) A copy of the petition shall be served upon the person sought to be additionally committed, along with a copy forwarded to any attorney who may have represented or may have been appointed to represent the person at the initial hearing.    (d) All testimony shall be recorded under oath and preserved.  (e) The need for additional commitment shall be proven by clear and convincing evidence.
AR Code § 20-64-825 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-825. Voluntary status

 (a) At any time during detention, the person may be converted to voluntary status if the person's certified substance abuse counselor files a written statement of consent with the court. The court shall dismiss the petition immediately upon the filing of said statement.  (b) If, upon evaluation, the certified substance abuse counselor determines that the person is not addicted to alcohol or drugs or would benefit by an alternative method of treatment, the counselor shall file a copy of the evaluation with the court along with a request for amendment of the court's order of detention.
AR Code § 20-64-826 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-826. Early release

 (a) If any person is released from detention before the expiration of the period of commitment, the court may condition the release upon the person's compliance with outpatient treatment for the time not to exceed the duration of the commitment order and at the receiving facility or program as may be specified by the court.  (b) When in the opinion of the professional person in charge of the receiving facility or program providing involuntary treatment under this chapter, the committed patient can be appropriately served by less restrictive treatment before expiration of the period of commitment, then the less restrictive care may be provided.
AR Code § 20-64-827 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-827. Appeals

 All commitment orders authorized herein shall be considered final and appealable under Rule 2 of the Arkansas Rules of Appellate Procedure — Civil.
AR Code § 20-64-828 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-828. Presumption of competency

 No person admitted voluntarily or committed involuntarily to a receiving facility or program under this subchapter shall be considered incompetent per se by virtue of the admission or commitment.
AR Code § 20-64-829 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-829. False statements — Penalty

 Any person willfully making false statements on a petition for involuntary commitment, petition for involuntary commitment with request for continued detention, or petition for involuntary commitment with request for immediate detention, or who willfully makes false statements for the purpose of inducing another to bring such a petition, knowing the statements to be false, or with reckless disregard as to the truthfulness of the statements shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 20-64-830 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs|§ 20-64-830. Liability for treatment — Rules

 (a)  (1) Any person legally obligated to support a person in treatment from a receiving facility or program shall pay to the receiving facility or program an amount to be fixed by the receiving facility or program as the cost for treatment.  (2) The amounts shall be a debt of the obligor.    (b)  (1) The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules specifying the amounts to be fixed as costs and establishing procedures for implementation of this section.  (2) The rules shall set forth costs by reference to the income and assets of the obligor.
AR Code § 20-64-901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 9 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Program Licensing|§ 20-64-901. Purpose

 The purpose of this subchapter is to require all persons, partnerships, associations, or corporations holding themselves out to the public as alcohol and drug abuse treatment programs in the State of Arkansas to meet the licensure standards set by the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services, unless expressly exempted by this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-64-902 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse|Subchapter 9 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Program Licensing|§ 20-64-902. Definition

 An “alcohol and drug abuse treatment program” means a program that renders or offers to render to a person or group of persons any service that assists the person or group to develop an understanding of alcoholism and drug dependency problems and to define goals and plan courses of action reflecting the person's or group's interests, abilities, and needs as affected by alcoholism and drug dependency problems. The definition includes actions taken with the intent of the cessation of harmful or addictive use of alcohol or other drugs. It includes, but is not restricted to, one (1) or more of the following:   (1) Counseling with individuals, families, or groups;  (2) Helping persons or families obtain other services appropriate to alcoholism and drug abuse rehabilitation; and  (3) Engaging in alcoholism and drug abuse research, education, or prevention through the administration of alcoholism and drug abuse counseling.