                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADMISSION PROCEDURES; FORMS (§ 37.2-801)

A. Any person alleged to have a mental illness to a degree that warrants
treatment in a facility may be admitted to a facility by compliance with one of
the following admission procedures:

   1. Voluntary admission;

   2. Admission of incapacitated persons pursuant to &#xA7; 37.2-805.1; or

   3. Involuntary admission by the procedure described in &#xA7;&#xA7; 37.2-809
   through 37.2-820.

B. The Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia shall
prepare the petitions, orders, and such other legal forms as may be required in
procedures for custody, detention, and involuntary admission pursuant to
Articles 4 (&#xA7; 37.2-808 et seq.) and 5 (&#xA7; 37.2-814 et seq.) of Chapter
8, and shall distribute such forms to the clerks of the general district courts
and juvenile and domestic relations district courts of the Commonwealth. The
Department shall prepare the preadmission screening report, examination, and
such other clinical forms as may be required in proceedings for custody,
detention, and admission pursuant to &#xA7; 37.2-805, and Articles 4 (&#xA7;
37.2-808 et seq.) and 5 (&#xA7; 37.2-814 et seq.) of Chapter 8, and shall
distribute such forms to community services boards, mental health care
providers, and directors of state facilities.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 37-61.1, 37-67, 37-121; 1950, pp. 903, 916; 1958, c.
154; 1964, c. 640; 1968, c. 477, § 37.1-64; 1970, c. 673; 1972, c. 639; 1976,
c. 671; 1980, c. 582; 2005, c. 716; 2009, cc. 211, 268, 708.