OSCN Found Document:Review of Status of Persons Involuntarily Detained
Title 43A. Mental Health

Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
  Title 43A. Mental Health
    Chapter 1 - Mental Health Law of 1986
      Involuntary Commitment
        Section 5-420 - Review of Status of Persons Involuntarily Detained
Cite as: 43A O.S. § 5-420 (OSCN 2026), Involuntary Commitment


A.  The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall adopt rules and procedures to ensure that persons involuntarily committed to the facilities of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for treatment by a court receive review of their involuntary status at least once every three (3) months, and the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall take appropriate action based upon this review.

B.  Any person receiving involuntary inpatient treatment, or such person's attorney, may at any time file a written request that the treatment order be reviewed by the committing court, or a court in the county where the person is located.  If a review is requested, the court shall hear the matter within thirty (30) days after the request, and the court shall give notice to the person and such person's attorney and the person in charge of the facility of the time and place of the hearing.  The hearing shall be to determine if the person can be treated on a less restrictive basis.  At the conclusion of the hearing, the court may confirm the order of treatment, modify the order of treatment, discharge the respondent, or enter any appropriate order.

Historical Data


Laws 1980, SB 633, c. 324, § 12, emerg. eff. June 17, 1980; Amended by Laws 1986, HB 2021, c. 103, § 81, eff. November 1, 1986; Renumbered from 43A O.S. § 54.11 by Laws 1986, HB 2021, c. 103, § 103, eff. November 1, 1986; Amended by Laws 1990, SB 866, c. 51, § 100, emerg. eff. April 9, 1990; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 2024, c. 387, § 10, eff. November 1, 1997 (superseded document available); Renumbered from 43A O.S. § 5-407 by Laws 1997, HB 2024, c. 387, § 12, eff. November 1, 1997; Amended by Laws 2002, SB 1624, c. 488, § 45, eff. November 1, 2002 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2022, HB 4227, c. 297, § 8, eff. November 1, 2022 (superseded document available).

Citationizer© Summary of Documents Citing This Document
Cite Name Level
Oklahoma Session Laws - 2002
 CiteNameLevel
 2002 O.S.L. 488, 2002 O.S.L. 488, Mental health; providing Mental Health Code revisions. Effective date.Cited
Citationizer: Table of Authority
Cite Name Level
Title 43A. Mental Health
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 43A O.S. 5-420, Review of Status of Persons Involuntarily Detained.Cited
 43A O.S. 5-407, Renumbered as 43A O.S. § 5-420 by Laws 1997, HB 2024, c. 387, § 12, eff. November 1, 1997Cited