Section 330.4641. Expiration of court-ordered continued hospitalization order.

(1) Two weeks before the expiration of a 60-day court-ordered continued hospitalization order, if a minor remains suitable for hospitalization, the hospital director shall attempt to obtain a renewal of the written consent for treatment from the appropriate adult.

(2)   If a parent or guardian refuses to consent to  treatment,  the hospital director may deem this as a notice of intent to terminate hospitalization. The hospital director shall then proceed pursuant to  the provisions of section 498j or 498o of the act.

(3)    If during the course of court-ordered continued hospitalization, a minor is deemed by the hospital  director  to  be  suitable  for hospitalization without court order, the hospital director may offer the minor's parent or guardian the opportunity for renewal of the written consent to treatment. If such renewal is made, the hospital director shall inform the court and the court shall dismiss the order for continued hospitalization, unless it finds that dismissal would not be in the best interest of the minor or the public.

History: 1990 AACS.