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Alaska Stat. § 47.30.710 (2026)
Examination; hospitalization
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Sec. 47.30.710. Examination; hospitalization.
(a) A respondent who is delivered under AS 47.30.700 — 47.30.706 to an evaluation facility for examination and treatment shall be examined and evaluated as to mental and physical condition by a mental health professional and by a physician within 24 hours after arrival at the facility.
(b) If the mental health professional who performs the emergency examination under (a) of this section has reason to believe that the respondent is mentally ill and that condition causes the respondent to be gravely disabled or to present a likelihood of serious harm to self or others, and the respondent is in need of care or treatment, the mental health professional may
(1) admit the respondent to a crisis residential center;
(2) hospitalize the respondent; or
(3) arrange for hospitalization, on an emergency basis .
(c) If a mental health professional hospitalizes a respondent or arranges for the hospitalization of a respondent under (b) of this section and a judicial order has not been obtained under AS 47.30.700, the mental health professional shall apply for an ex parte order authorizing the hospitalization for evaluation.
(d) If a mental health professional readmits a respondent to an evaluation facility after a discharge from a subacute mental health facility, the respondent is not willing to remain at the evaluation facility on a voluntary basis, and a judicial order has not been obtained under AS 47.30.700, the mental health professional shall apply for an ex parte order authorizing hospitalization for evaluation. Unless otherwise ordered by the court upon receiving the application for an ex parte order, the respondent shall remain at the evaluation facility until the court issues a decision on the application for an ex parte order.
(a) A respondent who is delivered under AS 47.30.700 — 47.30.706 to an evaluation facility for examination and treatment shall be examined and evaluated as to mental and physical condition by a mental health professional and by a physician within 24 hours after arrival at the facility.
(b) If the mental health professional who performs the emergency examination under (a) of this section has reason to believe that the respondent is mentally ill and that condition causes the respondent to be gravely disabled or to present a likelihood of serious harm to self or others, and the respondent is in need of care or treatment, the mental health professional may
(1) admit the respondent to a crisis residential center;
(2) hospitalize the respondent; or
(3) arrange for hospitalization, on an emergency basis .
(c) If a mental health professional hospitalizes a respondent or arranges for the hospitalization of a respondent under (b) of this section and a judicial order has not been obtained under AS 47.30.700, the mental health professional shall apply for an ex parte order authorizing the hospitalization for evaluation.
(d) If a mental health professional readmits a respondent to an evaluation facility after a discharge from a subacute mental health facility, the respondent is not willing to remain at the evaluation facility on a voluntary basis, and a judicial order has not been obtained under AS 47.30.700, the mental health professional shall apply for an ex parte order authorizing hospitalization for evaluation. Unless otherwise ordered by the court upon receiving the application for an ex parte order, the respondent shall remain at the evaluation facility until the court issues a decision on the application for an ex parte order.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 24
cases (11 in the last 5 years), 2007–2025 · leading case: In Re the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Daniel G., 320 P.3d 262 (Alaska 2014).
In Re the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Daniel G., 320 P.3d 262 (Alaska 2014). “An evaluation order issued in compliance with AS 47.30.710 satisfies Weth-erhorn 's requirement of an "expedited process.”
In Re the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Gabriel C., 324 P.3d 835 (Alaska 2014). “AS 47.30.710(a). 7 . AS 47.30.710(b). 8 .”
In Re the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Stephen O., 314 P.3d 1185 (Alaska 2013). “3 The following day, Master Bruce Horton of the Sitka Superior Court issued an ex parte order to have him taken into custody and transported to Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, “the nearest appropriate evaluation facility,” for an evaluation as provided for in AS…”
In the Matter of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Mabel B., In the Matter of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of: Sarah D., 485 P.3d 1018 (Alaska 2021). “5 Former AS 47.30.710(a) (2018). 6 AS 47.30.710(b).”
Wetherhorn v. Alaska Psychiatric Inst., 156 P.3d 371 (Alaska 2007). “AS 47.30.710 provides: (a) A respondent who is delivered under AS 47.”
In Re the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Joan K., 273 P.3d 594 (Alaska 2012). “I also believe that, apart from considerations of due process, where the legislature has codified the right to appeal, we have a duty to honor and give real meaning to the law and to the right that it bestows.”
Native Vill. of Kwinhagak v. State of Alaska, DHSS, OCS, 542 P.3d 1099 (Alaska 2024). “112 AS 47.30.710; AS 47.30.715. 113 AS 47.30.”
In the Matter of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of: Sergio F., 529 P.3d 74 (Alaska 2023). “evaluation facility” under certain circumstances); AS 47.30.710 (requiring mental health professional to perform emergency examination within 24 hours of respondent’s detention under AS 47.”
Greywolf v. Carroll, 151 P.3d 1234 (Alaska 2007). “AS 47.30.710, "Examination,” provides: (a) A respondent who is delivered under AS 47.”
In the Matter of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Danielle B., 453 P.3d 200 (Alaska 2019). “2 AS 47.30.710. -2 7420 presented as likely to cause harm to others and gravely disabled.”
In re the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Jeffrey E., 281 P.3d 84 (Alaska 2012). “705 (establishing procedures for emergency evaluation detention); AS 47.30.710(b) (authorizing hospitalization if a mental health professional "has reason to believe that the respondent is (1) mentally ill and that condition causes the respondent to be gravely disabled or to…”
In Re Necessity for the Hospitalization of Heather R., 366 P.3d 530 (Alaska 2016). “An evaluation petition filed under AS 47.30.710(b), contested in In re Daniel G.”
— Alaska Stat. § 47.30.710(a) — 8 cases
In Re the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Stephen O., 314 P.3d 1185 (Alaska 2013). “3 The following day, Master Bruce Horton of the Sitka Superior Court issued an ex parte order to have him taken into custody and transported to Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, “the nearest appropriate evaluation facility,” for an evaluation as provided for in AS…”
In Re the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Gabriel C., 324 P.3d 835 (Alaska 2014). “AS 47.30.710(a). 7 . AS 47.30.710(b). 8 .”
In the Matter of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Mabel B., In the Matter of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of: Sarah D., 485 P.3d 1018 (Alaska 2021). “5 Former AS 47.30.710(a) (2018). 6 AS 47.30.710(b).”
ITMO the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Kara K., 555 P.3d 29 (Alaska 2024).
— Alaska Stat. § 47.30.710(b) — 10 cases
In Re the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Daniel G., 320 P.3d 262 (Alaska 2014). “An evaluation order issued in compliance with AS 47.30.710 satisfies Weth-erhorn 's requirement of an "expedited process.”
In Re the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Gabriel C., 324 P.3d 835 (Alaska 2014). “AS 47.30.710(a). 7 . AS 47.30.710(b). 8 .”
In the Matter of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Mabel B., In the Matter of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of: Sarah D., 485 P.3d 1018 (Alaska 2021). “5 Former AS 47.30.710(a) (2018). 6 AS 47.30.710(b).”
In Re the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Joan K., 273 P.3d 594 (Alaska 2012). “I also believe that, apart from considerations of due process, where the legislature has codified the right to appeal, we have a duty to honor and give real meaning to the law and to the right that it bestows.”
Wetherhorn v. Alaska Psychiatric Inst., 156 P.3d 371 (Alaska 2007). “AS 47.30.710 provides: (a) A respondent who is delivered under AS 47.”
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