Section 11-175-71 - Involuntary outpatient admission rights Outpatient treatment programs shall establish policies and procedures to protect the admission and discharge rights of involuntary outpatients and shall include mechanisms for:
(1) Informing the subject of a petition for involuntary outpatient treatment of the right to: (A) Refuse to submit to an examination by a licensed psychiatrist;(B) Request that the hearing be open to the public;(C) Be present at the hearing;(D) Secure one or more independent psychiatric examinations and present evidence at the hearing; and(E) Have a psychiatric examination at a service area center, if an examination has not already been conducted which will lead to psychiatric testimony at the hearing.(2) Informing a person ordered by a court to obtain involuntary outpatient treatment of the right to: (A) Not be denied treatment for failure to pay the fee for treatment;(B) Be discharged before the end of the court ordered period of treatment, if it is determined that the consumer no longer meets the criteria for involuntary outpatient treatment;(C) Not be physically forced to take medicine;(D) Not be forcibly detained for treatment;(E) Not have refusal of treatment constitute evidence for involuntary hospitalization; and(F) Petition the court for discharge after 50 days from the most recent hearing[Eff. and comp DEC 30 1988; Comp OCT 19 2007] (Auth: HRS § 334-9) (Imp: HRS §§ 334-121, 334-128, 334-129, 334-131, 334-134)