Indiana Code > Title 12 > Article 26 > Chapter 7 – Regular Commitment


§ 12-26-7-1	Application of chapter
§ 12-26-7-2	Application of section; commitment of persons apparently suffering from chronic mental illness; initiation of proceedings; petition
§ 12-26-7-3	Petition; physician’s written statement; reports
§ 12-26-7-4	Hearing date; rights of subject individual; hearing procedures
§ 12-26-7-5	Finding that individual is mentally ill and either dangerous or gravely disabled; order for treatment; duration of order; transmittal of information to NICS

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