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Arizona laws let anybody lock you up if they accuse you of being insane

  Arizona laws on getting a person locked up as insane.

ARS 36 - Public Health and Safety

http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp?Title=36
ARS 36-501 - Mental Health - Definations
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/36/00501.htm&Title=36&DocType=ARS
ARS 36-520 - Requesting a person be declared insane

http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/36/00520.htm&Title=36&DocType=ARS 36-520. Application for evaluation; definition

A. Any responsible individual may apply for a court-ordered evaluation of a person who is alleged to be, as a result of a mental disorder, a danger to self or to others, persistently or acutely disabled, or gravely disabled and who is unwilling or unable to undergo a voluntary evaluation. The application shall be made in the prescribed form and manner as adopted by the deputy director.

B. The application for evaluation shall include the following data:

1. The name, and address if known, of the proposed patient for whom evaluation is applied.

2. The age, date of birth, sex, race, marital status, occupation, social security number, present location, dates and places of previous hospitalizations, names and addresses of the guardian, spouse, next of kin and significant other persons and other data that the deputy director may require on the form to whatever extent that this data is known and is applicable to the proposed patient.

3. The name, address and relationship of the person who is applying for the evaluation.

4. A statement that the proposed patient is believed to be, as a result of a mental disorder, a danger to self or to others, persistently or acutely disabled or gravely disabled and the facts on which this statement is based.

5. A statement that the applicant believes the proposed patient is in need of supervision, care and treatment and the facts on which this statement is based.

C. The application shall be signed and notarized.

D. The screening agency shall offer assistance to the applicant in preparation of the application. Upon receipt of the application, the screening agency shall act as prescribed in section 36-521 within forty-eight hours of the filing of the application excluding weekends and holidays. If the application is not acted upon within forty-eight hours, the reasons for not acting promptly shall be reviewed by the director of the screening agency or the director's designee.

E. If the applicant for the court-ordered evaluation presents the person to be evaluated at the screening agency, the agency shall conduct a prepetition screening examination. Except in the case of an emergency evaluation, the person to be evaluated shall not be detained or forced to undergo prepetition screening against the person's will.

F. If the applicant for the court-ordered evaluation does not present the person to be evaluated at the screening agency, the agency shall conduct the prepetition screening at the home of the person to be evaluated or any other place the person to be evaluated is found. If prepetition screening is not possible, the screening agency shall proceed as in section 36-521, subsection B.

G. If a person is being treated by prayer or spiritual means alone in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination by a duly accredited practitioner of that church or denomination, such person may not be ordered evaluated, detained or involuntarily treated unless the court has determined that the person is, as a result of mental disorder, a danger to others or to self.

H. Court-ordered evaluation or treatment pursuant to this chapter shall not operate to change the legal residence of a patient.

I. If the application is not acted upon because it has been determined that the proposed patient does not need an evaluation, the agency after a period of six months shall destroy the application and any other evidence of the application.

J. For the purposes of this section, "person" includes a person who:

1. Is under eighteen years of age.

2. Has been transferred to the criminal division of the superior court pursuant to section 8-327 or who has been charged with an offense pursuant to section 13-501.

3. Is under the supervision of an adult probation department.

ARS 36-523 Petition to get them declared insane
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36-523. Petition for evaluation

A. The petition for evaluation shall contain the following:

1. The name, address and interest in the case of the individual who applied for the petition.

2. The name, and address if known, of the proposed patient for whom evaluation is petitioned.

3. The present whereabouts of the proposed patient, if known.

4. A statement alleging that there is reasonable cause to believe that the proposed patient has a mental disorder and is as a result a danger to self or others, is persistently or acutely disabled or is gravely disabled and is unwilling or unable to undergo voluntary evaluation.

5. A summary of the facts which support the allegations that the proposed patient is dangerous, is persistently or acutely disabled or is gravely disabled and unwilling or unable to be voluntarily evaluated including the facts which brought the proposed patient to the screening agency's attention.

6. Other information that the deputy director, with the approval of the director, by rule or the court by rule or order may require.

B. The petition shall request that the court issue an order requiring that the proposed patient be given an evaluation and shall advise the court of both of the following:

1. That the opinion of the petitioner is either that the proposed patient is or is not in such a condition that without immediate or continuing hospitalization he is likely to suffer serious physical harm or further deterioration or inflict serious physical harm upon another person.

2. If the opinion of the petitioner is that the proposed patient is not in the condition described in paragraph 1 of this subsection, that the opinion of the petitioner is either that the evaluation should or should not take place on an outpatient basis.

C. The petition for evaluation shall be accompanied by the application for evaluation, by the recommendation of the county attorney pursuant to section 36-521 and by a prepetition screening report, unless such documents have not been prepared under a provision of law or in accordance with an order of the court. The petition for evaluation shall also be accompanied by a copy of the application for emergency admission if one exists.

D. A petition and other forms required in a court may be filed only by the screening agency which has prepared the petition.

E. If the petition is not filed because it has been determined that the person does not need an evaluation, the agency after a period of six months shall destroy the petition and the various reports annexed to the petition as required by this section.

ARS 36-524 - Its an emergency
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36-524. Application for emergency admission for evaluation; requirements

A. A written application for emergency admission shall be made to an evaluation agency before a person may be hospitalized in the agency.

B. The application for emergency admission shall be made by a person with knowledge of the facts requiring emergency admission. The applicant may be a relative or friend of the person, a peace officer, the admitting officer or another responsible person.

C. The application shall be upon a prescribed form and shall include the following:

1. A statement by the applicant that he believes on the basis of personal observation that the person is, as a result of a mental disorder, a danger to self or others, and that during the time necessary to complete the prepetition screening procedures set forth in sections 36-520 and 36-521 the person is likely without immediate hospitalization to suffer serious physical harm or serious illness or is likely to inflict serious physical harm upon another person.

2. The specific nature of the danger.

3. A summary of the observations upon which the statement of danger is based.

4. The signature of the applicant.

D. A telephonic application may be made no more than twenty-four hours prior to a written application. A telephonic application shall be made by or in the presence of a peace officer unless the application is made by a health care provider who is licensed pursuant to title 32 , chapter 13, 15, 17 or 19.1 and who is directly involved with the care of a patient who is in a health care facility licensed in this state. For an application made by a doctor or a nurse, the original signature of the applicant on a facsimile copy of the application is acceptable, does not have to be notarized and may be submitted as the written application.

E. If the person to be admitted is not already present at the evaluation agency and if the admitting officer, based upon review of the written or telephonic application and conversation with the applicant and peace officer, has reasonable cause to believe that an emergency examination is necessary, the admitting officer may advise the peace officer, that sufficient grounds exist to take the person into custody and to transport the person to the evaluation agency. The admitting officer shall not be held civilly liable for any acts committed by a person whom the admitting officer did not advise be taken into custody if the admitting officer has in good faith followed the requirements of this section.

ARS 36-525 - Having the insane person arrested
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36-525. Apprehension and transportation by peace officers; immunity

A. A peace officer shall on the advice of the admitting officer of the evaluation agency pursuant to section 36-524, subsection E apprehend and transport a person to an evaluation agency.

B. In those instances in which the procedures set forth in section 36-524 are not available, a peace officer may take into custody any individual he has probable cause to believe, based on his own observations, is, as a result of mental disorder, a danger to self or others, and that during the time necessary to complete the prepetition screening procedures set forth in sections 36-520 and 36-521 the person is likely without immediate hospitalization to suffer serious physical harm or serious illness or to inflict serious physical harm on another person. The peace officer shall transport the person to a screening agency unless the person's condition or the agency's location or hours makes such transportation impractical, in which event the person shall be transported to an evaluation agency. A peace officer is not held civilly liable for any acts committed by a person whom the peace officer has not taken into custody pursuant to this section.

C. If apprehension takes place on or about the premises of the apprehended person, the officer shall take reasonable precautions to safeguard the premises and the property thereon, unless such property and premises are in the possession of a responsible relative or guardian.

D. A peace officer who makes a good faith effort to follow the requirements of this section is not subject to civil liability.

ARS 36-540.F.2 - If they declare that your insane they can only lock you up for 90 days (3 months), 180 days (6 months) or a year.
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36-540. Court options

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F. The maximum periods of inpatient treatment that the court may order, subject to the limitations of section 36-541, are as follows:

1. Ninety days for a person found to be a danger to self.

2. One hundred eighty days for a person found to be a danger to others.

3. One hundred eighty days for a person found to be persistently or acutely disabled.

4. Three hundred sixty-five days for a person found to be gravely disabled.

ARS 36-540 Court options (the entire listing for this law)
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36-540. Court options

A. If the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the proposed patient, as a result of mental disorder, is a danger to self, is a danger to others, is persistently or acutely disabled or is gravely disabled and in need of treatment, and is either unwilling or unable to accept voluntary treatment, the court shall order the patient to undergo one of the following:

1. Treatment in a program of outpatient treatment.

2. Treatment in a program consisting of combined inpatient and outpatient treatment.

3. Inpatient treatment in a mental health treatment agency, in a veterans administration hospital pursuant to article 9 of this chapter, in the state hospital or in a private hospital, if the private hospital agrees, subject to the limitations of section 36-541.

B. The court shall consider all available and appropriate alternatives for the treatment and care of the patient. The court shall order the least restrictive treatment alternative available.

C. The court may order the proposed patient to undergo outpatient or combined inpatient and outpatient treatment pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 1 or 2 of this section if the court:

1. Determines that all of the following apply:

(a) The patient does not require continuous inpatient hospitalization.

(b) The patient will be more appropriately treated in an outpatient treatment program or in a combined inpatient and outpatient treatment program.

(c) The patient will follow a prescribed outpatient treatment plan.

(d) The patient will not likely become dangerous or suffer more serious physical harm or serious illness or further deterioration if the patient follows a prescribed outpatient treatment plan.

2. Is presented with and approves a written treatment plan that conforms with the requirements of section 36-540.01, subsection B. If the treatment plan presented to the court pursuant to this subsection provides for supervision of the patient under court order by a mental health agency that is other than the mental health agency that petitioned or requested the county attorney to petition the court for treatment pursuant to section 36-531, the treatment plan must be approved by the medical director of the mental health agency that will supervise the treatment pursuant to subsection E of this section.

D. An order to receive treatment pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 1 or 2 of this section shall not exceed three hundred sixty-five days. The period of inpatient treatment under a combined treatment order pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section shall not exceed the maximum period allowed for an order for inpatient treatment pursuant to subsection F of this section.

E. If the court enters an order for treatment pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 1 or 2 of this section, all of the following apply:

1. The court shall designate the medical director of the mental health treatment agency that will supervise and administer the patient's treatment program.

2. The medical director shall not use the services of any person, agency or organization to supervise a patient's outpatient treatment program unless the person, agency or organization has agreed to provide these services in the individual patient's case and unless the department has determined that the person, agency or organization is capable and competent to do so.

3. The person, agency or organization assigned to supervise an outpatient treatment program or the outpatient portion of a combined treatment program shall be notified at least three days before a referral. The medical director making the referral and the person, agency or organization assigned to supervise the treatment program shall share relevant information about the patient to provide continuity of treatment.

4. During any period of outpatient treatment under subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section, if the court, on motion by the medical director of the patient's outpatient mental health treatment facility, determines that the patient is not complying with the terms of the order or that the outpatient treatment plan is no longer appropriate and the patient needs inpatient treatment, the court, without a hearing and based on the court record, the patient's medical record, the affidavits and recommendations of the medical director, and the advice of staff and physicians familiar with the treatment of the patient, may enter an order amending its original order. The amended order may alter the outpatient treatment plan or order the patient to inpatient treatment pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 3 of this section. The amended order shall not increase the total period of commitment originally ordered by the court or, when added to the period of inpatient treatment provided by the original order and any other amended orders, exceed the maximum period allowed for an order for inpatient treatment pursuant to subsection F of this section. If the patient refuses to comply with an amended order for inpatient treatment, the court may authorize and direct a peace officer, on the request of the medical director, to take the patient into protective custody and transport the patient to the agency for inpatient treatment. When reporting to or being returned to a treatment agency for inpatient treatment pursuant to an amended order, the patient shall be informed of the patient's right to judicial review and the patient's right to consult with counsel pursuant to section 36-546.

5. During any period of outpatient treatment under subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section, if the medical director of the outpatient treatment facility in charge of the patient's care determines, in concert with the medical director of an inpatient mental health treatment facility who has agreed to accept the patient, that the patient is in need of immediate acute inpatient psychiatric care because of behavior that is dangerous to self or to others, the medical director of the outpatient treatment facility may order a peace officer to apprehend and transport the patient to the inpatient treatment facility pending a court determination on an amended order under paragraph 4 of this subsection. The patient may be detained and treated at the inpatient treatment facility for a period of no more than forty-eight hours, exclusive of weekends and holidays, from the time that the patient is taken to the inpatient treatment facility. The medical director of the outpatient treatment facility shall file the motion for an amended court order requesting inpatient treatment no later than the next working day following the patient being taken to the inpatient treatment facility. Any period of detention within the inpatient treatment facility pending issuance of an amended order shall not increase the total period of commitment originally ordered by the court or, when added to the period of inpatient treatment provided by the original order and any other amended orders, exceed the maximum period allowed for an order for inpatient treatment pursuant to subsection F of this section. If a patient is ordered to undergo inpatient treatment pursuant to an amended order, the medical director of the outpatient treatment facility shall inform the patient of the patient's right to judicial review and to consult with an attorney pursuant to section 36-546.

F. The maximum periods of inpatient treatment that the court may order, subject to the limitations of section 36-541, are as follows:

1. Ninety days for a person found to be a danger to self.

2. One hundred eighty days for a person found to be a danger to others.

3. One hundred eighty days for a person found to be persistently or acutely disabled.

4. Three hundred sixty-five days for a person found to be gravely disabled.

G. If, on finding that the patient is gravely disabled, the court also finds that the evidence indicates that the patient is or may be in need of guardianship or conservatorship, or both, the court shall order an investigation concerning the need for a guardian or conservator, or both, and shall appoint a suitable person or agency to conduct the investigation. The appointee may include the mental health treatment agency that is providing inpatient or outpatient treatment, a court appointed visitor or the public fiduciary if there is no person willing and qualified to act in that capacity. The court shall give notice of the appointment to the appointee within three days of the appointment. The appointee shall submit the report of the investigation to the court within twenty-one days. The report shall include recommendations as to who should be guardian or who should be conservator, or both, and a report of the findings and reasons for the recommendation. If the investigation and report so indicate, the court shall order the appropriate person to submit a petition to become the guardian or conservator, or both, of the patient.

H. If, on finding that a patient is gravely disabled, the court also finds that the patient is in need of immediate guardianship for the purpose of protection of the patient or for the purpose of carrying out alternatives to court-ordered treatment, the court may appoint as a temporary guardian a suitable person or the public fiduciary, if there is no person qualified and willing to act in that capacity.

I. If, on finding that a patient is gravely disabled, the court also learns that the patient has a guardian appointed under title 14, the court may with notice impose on the existing guardian additional duties pursuant to section 14-5312.01.

J. The court shall file a report as part of the court record on its findings of alternatives for treatment.

K. Treatment shall not include psychosurgery, lobotomy or any other brain surgery without specific informed consent of the patient or the patient's legal guardian and an order of the superior court in the county in which the treatment is proposed, approving with specificity the use of the treatment.

L. The medical director or any person, agency or organization used by the medical director to supervise the terms of an outpatient treatment plan shall not be held civilly liable for any acts committed by a patient while on outpatient treatment if the medical director, person, agency or organization has in good faith followed the requirements of this section.

M. A peace officer who in good faith apprehends and transports a patient to an inpatient treatment facility on the order of the medical director of the outpatient treatment facility pursuant to subsection E, paragraph 5 of this section shall not be subject to civil liability.

N. If a person has been found, as a result of a mental disorder, to constitute a danger to self or others and the court enters an order for treatment pursuant to subsection A of this section, the court shall grant access to the person's name, date of birth, social security number, date of commitment and, on termination of treatment by court order, date of termination to the department of public safety to comply with the requirements of title 13, chapter 31 (so they can steal the alleged crazy persons guns and keep the alleged crazy from buying more guns - the webmaster) and title 32, chapter 26 (so they can keep the alleged crazy person from working at a job that requires a gun - the webmaster).


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Kevin Walsh was a political prisoner who was jailed in a mental hospital by the Secret Service for his anti-Bush statements. Kevin Walsh had committed no crimes and the Secret Service had no evidence to charge Kevin Walsh with any crimes.