25-03.1-22. Length of involuntary and continuing treatment orders.
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1. An order for involuntary treatment following a preliminary hearing may not exceed
fourteen days. An order for involuntary treatment following a treatment hearing may
not exceed ninety days.
2. If the director or superintendent believes a patient continues to require treatment, the
director or superintendent, not less than fourteen days before the expiration of the
initial order, shall petition the court where the facility is located for a determination that
the patient continues to be a person requiring treatment and for an order of continuing
treatment, which order may be for a period not to exceed one year. The court shall set
a hearing date that must be within fourteen days after the petition was filed, unless
extended for good cause shown.
3. A respondent subject to a continuing treatment order of indefinite duration retains the
rights to periodic review and to petition for discharge under section 25-03.1-31 as that
section existed on July 31, 1993.