HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(C)  TERM OF ADMISSION.

(1)  AN INDIVIDUAL MAY STAY AT A DETOXIFICATION
CENTER VOLUNTARILY FOR AS LONG AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD OF
THE CENTER BELIEVES WARRANTED.

(2)  THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD OF A CENTER MAY
REQUIRE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ADMITTED TO THE CENTER TO STAY
UNTIL THE INDIVIDUAL IS NO LONGER INTOXICATED OR IS ABLE TO
DECIDE RATIONALLY ABOUT ACCEPTING HELP. HOWEVER, UNLESS A
COURT COMMITS THE INDIVIDUAL UNDER THIS SECTION, THE CENTER
MAY NOT KEEP THE INDIVIDUAL INVOLUNTARILY FOR MORE THAN 5
DAYS AFTER THE ADMISSION.

(D)  COMMITMENT.

(1)  A PETITION FOR COMMITMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL
TO THE CENTER MAY BE FILED:

(I)  BY THE DIRECTOR OR THE DESIGNEE OF THE
DIRECTOR; OR

(II)  IF THE CENTER IS A FACILITY OF A
SUBDIVISION, BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THAT SUBDIVISION OR
ITS DESIGNEE.

(2)  A PETITION UNDER THIS SUBSECTION MAY BE
FILED WITH THE DISTRICT COURT IN OR THE CIRCUIT COURT, IN
EQUITY, FOR THE COUNTY WHERE THE CENTER IS LOCATED, WHERE
THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDES, OR, IF THE INDIVIDUAL HAS NO HOME,
FROM WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL CAME TO THE CENTER.

(3)  A PETITION UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE
FILED WITH AND HEARD BY THE COURT, WITHOUT A JURY, WITHIN 5
DAYS AFTER THE ADMISSION OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE CENTER.

(4)  THE COURT MAY ORDER COMMITMENT OF THE
INDIVIDUAL FOR FURTHER DETOXIFICATION OR INPATIENT TREATMENT
AND CARE, IF THE COURT DETERMINES THAT THE INDIVIDUAL:

(I)  IS A CHRONIC ALCOHOLIC; AND

(II)  BECAUSE OF CHRONIC OR ACUTE
INTOXICATION, IS:

1.  IN IMMEDIATE DANGER OF
SUBSTANTIAL PHYSICAL HARM; AND

2.  UNABLE TO DECIDE RATIONALLY ABOUT
ACCEPTING HELP.

(5)  A COMMITMENT UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL END
AS SOON AS: