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| 9.__Postadmission examination.__Every person admitted to an | | approved treatment facility must be examined immediately after | | admission in accordance with the following. |
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| | | A.__The administrator of the approved treatment facility | | shall arrange for examination of every person admitted under | | this section by a staff physician. |
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| | | B.__The physician performing the examination may not be the | | physician who performed the certifying examination under | | this section or under section 20045-D. |
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| | | C.__If the postadmission examination is not held within 48 | | hours after the time of the admission or if a staff | | physician fails or refuses after the examination to certify | | that, in the physician's opinion, the person continues to be | | a chemically dependent person who is incapacitated, the | | person must be immediately discharged. |
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| | | A person detained pursuant to this subchapter is entitled to | | the writ of habeas corpus, upon proper petition by the person or | | by another person to a justice generally empowered to issue the | | writ of habeas corpus in the county in which the person is | | detained. |
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| | | §20045-D.__Continued involuntary treatment |
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| | | 1.__Application.__If the administrator or the admitting | | physician of the approved treatment facility determines that a | | chemically dependent person committed under section 20045-B needs | | continued treatment, the administrator or admitting physician may | | make an application to the District Court for the continued | | involuntary treatment of the person at an approved treatment | | facility.__The application to the court must be accompanied by: |
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| | | A.__The emergency treatment order issued under section | | 20045-B; |
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| | | B.__The certificate of examination by a physician under | | section 20045-B, subsection 2; |
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| | | C. The certificate of postadmission examination by a | | physician under section 20045-B, subsection 9 that: |
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| | | (1)__The physician has examined the patient; and |
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