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- Alaska Statutes.
- Title 47. Welfare, Social Services and Institutions
- Chapter 30. Mental Health
- Section 675. Notice of Rights.
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AS 47.30.675. Notice of Rights.
- (a) Upon the application of a person for voluntary admission, or at the time a person admitted under AS 47.30.690
reaches the age of 18, the person shall be given a copy of the following documents which shall be explained as
necessary:
- (1) notice of rights as set out in AS 47.30.825
- 47.30.865 and an explanation of any document served
upon the person; and
- (2) notice that should the person desire to leave at a time when the treatment facility determines that the person is
mentally ill and as a result is likely to cause serious harm to self or others or is gravely disabled, the facility
could initiate commitment proceedings against the person.
- (b) If an applicant for voluntary admission does not understand English, the explanation shall be given in a language the
applicant understands.
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