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Part 2 of the Blue Paper
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A practitioner completes Part 2 of the blue paper. A practitioner is a licensed
physician, registered physician assistant, certified psychiatric clinical nurse
specialist, nurse practitioner or licensed clinical psychologist. The practitioner
must officially state:
That they examined the person on the same day as filling out the blue paper;
That they believe the person has a mental illness;
That they believe that because of the mental illness that the person poses a
likelihood of serious harm;
That adequate community resources are unavailable for care and treatment
of the person’s mental illness, and
The grounds for the opinion.
The practitioner’s opinion may be based on personal observation or on history
and information from other sources that the practitioner considers reliable.
34-B MRSA § 3863(2)
Part 3 of the Blue Paper
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A judge or justice of the peace signs Part 3 of the blue paper.
This judge or justice is simply making sure that the application was
completed the way the law requires. This official is not making any decision about
whether the statements on the application are true or not.
The judge or justice of the peace must also name:
The hospital that the person is to be taken to
34-B MRSA § 3863(3)
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