Section 632.585

Title XL ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

Chapter 632

Effective - 28 Aug 2026, see footnote   

  632.585.  Order for assisted outpatient treatment — procedure. — 1.  A petition for an order authorizing assisted outpatient treatment may be filed by:

  (1)  The director, administrator, or treating physician of a mental health program in which the respondent is hospitalized;

  (2)  The director, administrator, or treating physician of an emergency receiving center in which the respondent is receiving services;

  (3)  A licensed physician, a registered professional nurse designated by the community mental health center and approved by the department of mental health, or a mental health professional from whom the respondent is receiving services;

  (4)  The appointed guardian or limited guardian of a ward who is the respondent; or

  (5)  The department of health and senior services, the department of mental health, or any local public health agency located within the probate jurisdiction in which the petition is filed.

  2.  The petition may be filed in the court having probate jurisdiction in which the respondent is present or reasonably believed to be present or in the probate jurisdiction in which the respondent resides.

  3.  The petition shall allege under oath, without a notarization requirement, that the petitioner has reason to believe that the respondent meets the criteria for assisted outpatient treatment in section 632.590.  The petition shall specify factual information on which such belief is based and shall contain the names and addresses of all persons known to the petitioner who have knowledge of such facts through personal observation.

  4.  No notarization shall be required for a petition or for any affidavits, declarations, or other documents supporting a petition.  The petition and any affidavits, declarations, or other documents supporting the petition shall be subject to the provisions of section 492.060 allowing for declaration under penalty of perjury.

  5.  The prosecuting attorney of the county in which a hearing on a petition takes place shall represent the petitioner and file and prosecute in court all petitions.  Such duty shall be fulfilled by the county counselor in counties having a county counselor and by the circuit attorney in any city not within a county.

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(L. 2026 H.B. 2637 & 3155)

Severability clause, see § 1.1005