§ 37.2-823 Examination of admission papers by director; examination of persons admitted
A. Upon the receipt of any order for admission of any person, the director of the facility shall immediately examine the admission papers and, if they are found to be in substantial compliance with the law, he shall forthwith admit the person to the facility.
B. Any person presented for admission to a facility shall be examined within 24 hours after arrival by one or more of the physicians on the facility’s staff. If the examination reveals that there is sufficient cause to believe that the person has mental illness, he shall be retained at the facility; but if the examination reveals insufficient cause, the person shall be returned to the locality in which the petition was initiated or in which the person resides.
C. The Board shall adopt regulations to institute preadmission screening to prevent inappropriate admissions to state facilities.
History
The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. The oldest record of it is its appearance in the Code of Virginia of 1950, as §§ 37-86.2 and 37-90. It has been modified 7 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1950, at pages 908 and 910; in 1968, chapter 477; in 1970, chapter 673; in 1972, chapter 639; in 1976, chapter 671; in 1980, chapter 582; in 2005, chapter 716.
Code 1950, §§ 37-86.2, 37-90; 1950, pp. 908, 910; 1968, c. 477, §§ 37.1-68, 37.1-70; 1970, c. 673; 1972, c. 639; 1976, c. 671; 1980, c. 582; 2005, c. 716.