(a) A respondent who is delivered under Alaska Stat. § 47.30.700 – 47.30.705 to an evaluation facility for emergency 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.
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(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 Alaska Stat. § 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 Alaska Stat. § 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.
