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–353– -353CHAPTER 57—HOSPITALIZATION OF MENTALLY ILL Sec.

1631. It532. 1633. 1634. 1635. 1636. 1637. 1638. 1639. 1640. 1641. 1642. 1643. 1644. 1645. 1646. 1647. 1648. 1649. 1650. 1651. 1652. 1653. 1654. 1655. 1656.

Definitions. Authority to receive patients. Emergency hospitaiization. Newly-admitted patients. Bight to discliarge on application; emergency detention. Petition for Judicial determination. Hospitalization upon court order; judicial procedure; not adjudication of legal incompetency. Detention under special circumstances. Habeas corpus. Transportation. Notice of hospitalization or discharge. Right to humane care and treatment. Mechanical restraints. Right to communicate and receive visitors; exercise of civil rights. Transfer of patients generally. Release on convalescent status. Readmission. Disclosure of information; penalties. Discbarge upon medical review. Discharge other than upon medical review. Discharge of prisoners. Payment of charges. Receiving members of Armed Forces and Public Health Service beneficiaries. Additional powers of health director. Powers of magistrates in absence of district judge. Unwarranted commitments; penalties.

§ 1631. Definitions As used in this chapter: "designated examiner" means a licensed physician registered by the Health Bureau as specially qualified, under standards established by it, in the diagnosis of mental or related illness; "Health Bureau'' means the Health Bureau of the Canal Zone Government, under the supervision of the health director; "health director" means the director of the Health Bureau of the Canal Zone Government; "hospital" means a Canal Zone Government hospital or institution, or part thereof, equipped to provide in-patient care and treatment for the mentally ill; "interested party" means an interested responsible adult including but not limited to the legal guardian, spouse, parent, adult child, or next of kin of an allegedly mentally ill individual or patient; "licensed physician" means an individual licensed under the laws of the Canal Zone to practice medicine and a medical officer of the Government of the United States while in the Canal Zone in the performance of his official duties; "mentally ill individual" means an individual having a psychiatric or other disease which substantially impairs his mental health; and "patient" means an individual under observation, care and treatment in a hospital pursuant to this chapter. § 1632. Authority to receive patients The head of a hospital may receive therein for observation, diagnosis, care, and treatment any individual eligible for treatment at Canal Zone medical facilities whose admission is applied for by one of the following means: (1) Any individual, including a minor with consent of parent or guardian, may be admitted upon application by the individual. (2) Any individual may be admitted upon written application by an interested party, by the health director, or by the head of any

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