What is the name of your state? MD
I was reading about my state's policies ( http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/yourrights/pdf/pbor.pdf ) about admission into psychiatric facilities and was confused by the following paragraph. Is there any procedure in place to validate or follow up on claims that an individual makes in their petition to the court, to get someone else admitted? I assumed only a physician or psychologist could initiate an emergency evaluation.
What is the legal penalty for an individual making a false claim in a petition to the court? If there is no evidence that can prove either way if the individual made a false claim about someone else's mental health and caused there to be a court order based on it, is there any legal penalty? That seems like a loophole in the burden of proof normally required to have someone apprehended. Thanks to anyone who knows.
"PETITION FOR EMERGENCY EVALUATION
A petition for emergency evaluation is a document which allows
an individual to be taken to a designated emergency room of a
general hospital in order to be evaluated. If you appear to be suffering
from a mental illness and in clear and imminent danger of doing
bodily harm to yourself or others, an individual may go to court and
file a petition for emergency evaluation. If the court agrees, you
will be picked up by the police and taken to the closest designated
emergency facility for evaluation."
I was reading about my state's policies ( http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/yourrights/pdf/pbor.pdf ) about admission into psychiatric facilities and was confused by the following paragraph. Is there any procedure in place to validate or follow up on claims that an individual makes in their petition to the court, to get someone else admitted? I assumed only a physician or psychologist could initiate an emergency evaluation.
What is the legal penalty for an individual making a false claim in a petition to the court? If there is no evidence that can prove either way if the individual made a false claim about someone else's mental health and caused there to be a court order based on it, is there any legal penalty? That seems like a loophole in the burden of proof normally required to have someone apprehended. Thanks to anyone who knows.
"PETITION FOR EMERGENCY EVALUATION
A petition for emergency evaluation is a document which allows
an individual to be taken to a designated emergency room of a
general hospital in order to be evaluated. If you appear to be suffering
from a mental illness and in clear and imminent danger of doing
bodily harm to yourself or others, an individual may go to court and
file a petition for emergency evaluation. If the court agrees, you
will be picked up by the police and taken to the closest designated
emergency facility for evaluation."