Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-5-101
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Procedures for admission to state facility, psychiatric
Official statutory text
hospital or private institution.
A. Any person who has a mental illness or is alcohol- or drug-
dependent to a degree which warrants inpatient treatment or care,
and who is not in confinement in any jail or correctional facility
on a criminal charge or conviction and who has no criminal charges
pending against him or her, may be admitted to and confined in a
facility within the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services, a state psychiatric hospital, or a licensed private
institution by compliance with any one of the following procedures:
1. Emergency admission;
2. On voluntary application; or
3. On involuntary court commitment.
B. Any person who has a mental illness or is alcohol- or drug-
dependent to a degree which warrants inpatient treatment or care and
who has criminal charges pending against him or her but is not
confined in any jail or correctional facility may be admitted to a
facility within the Department or a licensed private institution
pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this section;
provided, the facility or hospital shall be authorized to take such
reasonable steps as necessary to assure the protection of the
public, the residents of the facility or hospital and the person
including, but not limited to, segregation and private facilities.
Provided further, treatment received pursuant to this subsection
shall not constitute a defense in any criminal proceeding except as
otherwise provided by Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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C. 1. Any person confined pursuant to a criminal charge shall
only be admitted to and confined pursuant to a court order issued in
compliance with the provisions of Section 1175.6 of Title 22 of the
Oklahoma Statutes.
2. No person shall be deprived of his or her liberty on the
grounds that such person is, or is supposed to have, a mental
illness or is in need of mental health treatment, except in
accordance with the provisions of the Mental Health Law.
A. Any person who has a mental illness or is alcohol- or drug-
dependent to a degree which warrants inpatient treatment or care,
and who is not in confinement in any jail or correctional facility
on a criminal charge or conviction and who has no criminal charges
pending against him or her, may be admitted to and confined in a
facility within the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services, a state psychiatric hospital, or a licensed private
institution by compliance with any one of the following procedures:
1. Emergency admission;
2. On voluntary application; or
3. On involuntary court commitment.
B. Any person who has a mental illness or is alcohol- or drug-
dependent to a degree which warrants inpatient treatment or care and
who has criminal charges pending against him or her but is not
confined in any jail or correctional facility may be admitted to a
facility within the Department or a licensed private institution
pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this section;
provided, the facility or hospital shall be authorized to take such
reasonable steps as necessary to assure the protection of the
public, the residents of the facility or hospital and the person
including, but not limited to, segregation and private facilities.
Provided further, treatment received pursuant to this subsection
shall not constitute a defense in any criminal proceeding except as
otherwise provided by Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43A. Mental Health Page 113
C. 1. Any person confined pursuant to a criminal charge shall
only be admitted to and confined pursuant to a court order issued in
compliance with the provisions of Section 1175.6 of Title 22 of the
Oklahoma Statutes.
2. No person shall be deprived of his or her liberty on the
grounds that such person is, or is supposed to have, a mental
illness or is in need of mental health treatment, except in
accordance with the provisions of the Mental Health Law.
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