Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title22 HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL. |
Title2 MENTAL HEALTH. |
Chapter52. COMMITMENT, DISCHARGE AND TRANSFER OF PERSONS IN STATE INSTITUTIONS. |
Article4. Commitment of Mentally Ill Prisoners. |
§22-52-71. Prerequisites to conveyance of prisoner to mental health facility.
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No prisoner convicted of a crime in the state who has been declared mentally ill shall be sent to a mental health facility until the sheriff or other officer having legal custody of said prisoner shall have forwarded to the superintendent of such facility a written application and a description of the case, together with a certified copy of the order of the Governor under the authority of which the committal is made, and shall have received information in reply that the prisoner can be received and to which facility he shall be sent.