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person; the name, address and telephone number of that person's legal guardian,
conservator or legal representative and parents if that person is a minor; a detailed
description of the occurrence and any injuries or impairments sustained; the date and time
of the occurrence; the name, street address and telephone number of the facility; and the
name and job title of the person providing the notice.
2. State mental health institute. The chief administrative officer of a state mental health
institute:
A. May receive for observation, diagnosis, care and treatment in state mental health
institute any person whose admission is applied for under section 3831 or 3863 if the
certifying examination conducted pursuant to section 3863, subsection 2 was completed
no more than 2 days before the date of admission; and
B. May receive for observation, diagnosis, care and treatment in the state mental health
institute any person whose admission is applied for under section 3864 or is ordered by a
court.
Any business entity contracting with the department for psychiatric physician services or any
person contracting with a state mental health institute or the department to provide services
pertaining to the admission, treatment or discharge of patients under sections 3863 and 3864
within a state mental health institute or any person contracting with a business entity to provide
those services within a state mental health institute is deemed to be a governmental entity or an
employee of a governmental entity for purposes of civil liability under the Maine Tort Claims
Act, Title 14, chapter 741, with respect to the admission, treatment or discharge of patients
within a state institute under sections 3863 and 3864.
34B MRSA § 3862. Protective custody
1. Law enforcement officer's power. If a law enforcement officer has probable cause to
believe that a person may be mentally ill and that due to that condition the person presents a
threat of imminent and substantial physical harm to that person or to other persons, or if a law
enforcement officer knows that a person has an advance health care directive authorizing mental
health treatment and the officer has probable cause to believe that the person lacks capacity, the
law enforcement officer:
A. May take the person into protective custody; and
B. If the law enforcement officer does take the person into protective custody, shall deliver
the person immediately for examination by a medical practitioner as provided in section
3863 or, for a person taken into protective custody who has an advance health care directive
authorizing mental health treatment, for examination as provided in Title 18A, section 5-
802, subsection (d) to determine the individual's capacity and the existence of conditions
specified in the advance health care directive for the directive to be effective.
When formulating probable cause, the law enforcement officer may rely upon information
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