| 3. Psychiatric hospitalization. The commissioner has all the |
| power over a juvenile client that a guardian has over a ward and |
| that a parent has over a child with regard to necessary |
| psychiatric hospitalization, including hospitalization in a |
| nonstate mental health institution or hospital for the mentally |
| ill. If a juvenile client is or becomes 18 years of age while |
| still under commitment, the statutory guardianship of the |
| commissioner over the juvenile client terminates, but the |
| juvenile client remains subject to the control of the |
| commissioner and staff and rules of the facility until the |
| expiration of the period of commitment or until discharge from |
| the facility. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to |
| override the requirement to make application for psychiatric |
| hospitalization in accordance with Title 34-B, section 3863, |
| unless hospitalization is made with the juvenile client's consent |
| in accordance with Title 34-B, section 3831. The commissioner |
| may make application for necessary psychiatric hospitalization of |
| a juvenile detainee, including hospitalization in a nonstate |
| mental health institution or hospital for the mentally ill, in |
| accordance with Title 34-B, section 3863. |
