(1) To be given personally or by mail to the person within a reasonable time before the hearing, but not less than 3 days before the hearing; and

(2) To be mailed to the person's guardian, if known, and to the person's spouse, parent or next of kin, unless these persons do not exist or if none of them can be located.

B.__A docket entry is sufficient evidence that notice has been provided as required in paragraph A.

4.__Examination.__An examination under this section is governed by the following.

A.__Upon receipt by the District Court of the application and the accompanying documents required in subsection 1, the court shall immediately order the person to be examined as follows.

(1)__The examination must be conducted by 2 examiners, each of whom must be a licensed physician.

(2)__One of the examiners must be a physician chosen by the person or by the person's counsel, if the chosen physician is reasonably available.

(3)__An examiner appointed by the court may not be the physician who conducted the certifying examination under section 20045-B, subsection 2 or 7.

B.__The examination must be held at a hospital or at any other suitable place not likely to have a harmful effect on the health of the person.

C.__If the report of the examiners is that the person is not a chemically dependent person who is incapacitated, the application must be ordered discharged.

D.__If the report of the examiners is that the person is a chemically dependent person who is incapacitated, a hearing must be held pursuant to subsection 5 on the date or on the continued date that the court has set for the hearing.

5.__Hearings.__A hearing is governed by the following.