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Title 17 - ECONOMIC SECURITY AND PUBLIC WELFAREChapter 202A - HOSPITALIZATION OF THE MENTALLY ILL
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 202A.251 - Prohibition against detention in jail without criminal charges pending - Criminal charges not to be placed to avoid transportation

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 202A.251

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Current through 2024 Ky. Acts ch.225
Section 202A.251 - Prohibition against detention in jail without criminal charges pending - Criminal charges not to be placed to avoid transportation

No person held under the provisions of this chapter shall be detained in jail unless criminal charges are also pending. No peace officer or any other person shall place criminal charges against a person who is mentally ill and in need of hospitalization pursuant to this chapter solely or primarily for the purpose of avoiding transporting the person to a hospital or psychiatric facility.

KRS 202A.251

Effective:7/15/1994
Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 498, sec. 9, effective7/15/1994.