                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

(EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026) VOLUNTARY ADMISSION (§ 37.2-805)

Any state facility shall admit any person requesting admission who has been (i)
screened by the community services board or behavioral health authority that
serves the county or city where the person resides or, if impractical, where the
person is located, (ii) examined by a physician on the staff of the state
facility, and (iii) deemed by the board or authority and the state facility
physician to be in need of treatment, training, or habilitation in a state
facility. Upon motion of the treating physician, a family member or personal
representative of the person, or the community services board serving the county
or city where the facility is located, the county or city where the person
resides, or the county or city where the person receives treatment, a hearing
shall be held prior to the release date of any person who has been the subject
of a temporary detention order and voluntarily admitted himself in accordance
with subsection B of § 37.2-814 to determine whether such person should be
ordered to mandatory outpatient treatment pursuant to subsection D of §
37.2-817.01, except that such 36-month period shall not include any time during
which the person was receiving inpatient psychiatric treatment or was
incarcerated, as established by evidence admitted at the hearing, upon his
release if such person, on at least two previous occasions within 36 months
preceding the date of the hearing, has been (a) the subject of a temporary
detention order and voluntarily admitted himself in accordance with subsection B
of § 37.2-814 or (b) involuntarily admitted pursuant to § 37.2-817. A district
court judge or special justice shall hold the hearing within 72 hours after
receiving the motion for a mandatory outpatient treatment order; however, if the
72-hour period expires on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the hearing
shall be held by the close of business on the next day that is not a Saturday,
Sunday, or legal holiday.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 37-113; 1950, p. 915; 1964, c. 640; 1968, c. 477, §
37.1-65; 1970, c. 46; 1972, cc. 639, 823; 1976, c. 671; 1980, c. 582; 1998, c.
446; 2005, c. 716; 2012, c. 300; 2013, c. 179; 2022, c. 763; 2024, c. 780.