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Last amended: 2003
Legislative History.
This new chapter to the Fort McDermitt Law & Order Code was originally enacted on September 13, 1988 by the Tribal Council.
Sec. 1. Method, Purpose, Duration.
By the filing of a petition with the Fort McDermitt Tribal Court, a petitioner
may seek to have any individual who is incapable of caring for himself or others
due to alcoholism or other mental unsoundness at an institution of appropriate
nature, e.g., State Hospital, etc.
The purpose of such confinement shall be to obtain the needed medical services
for the care and rehabilitation of the person to whom the petition is directed.
A commitment order of the court will be determined by a judge after consultation
with mental health officials of the state of Nevada, the Tribe and Indian Health
Service staff.
Without a commitment order signed by a judge of the Tribal Court, the maximum
duration of any commitment by a police officer of this Tribe or a Bureau of
Indian Affairs police officer shall be thirty-six (36) hours.
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