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2000 SESSION


CHAPTER 246
An Act to amend and reenact § 16.1-340 of the Code of Virginia, relating to emergency admission of minors for inpatient treatment.
[S 88]
Approved April 2, 2000

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 16.1-340 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 16.1-340. Emergency admission.

A minor may be taken into custody and admitted for inpatient treatment pursuant to the procedures specified in § 37.1-67.01 or § 37.1-67.1. If the minor is admitted to a willing facility in accordance with § 37.1-67.1, the temporary detention order shall be effective until such time as the juvenile and domestic relations district court schedules a hearing. The juvenile and domestic relations district court shall schedule a hearing pursuant to § 16.1-341 no sooner than twenty-four hours and no later than seventy-two hours from the time of the issuance of the temporary detention order. If the seventy-two-hour period expires on a Saturday, Sunday or other legal holiday, the seventy-two hours shall be extended to the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. In no case may the time period between the filing of the petition and the hearing under § 16.1-344 exceed ninety-six hours.