| (a) A facility may administer psychotropic medication
to an individual who is having a medication-related emergency without
consent, authorization, or a court order.
(b) If psychotropic medication is administered in accordance
with subsection (a) of this section, a physician must:
(1) issue an order to administer the psychotropic medication
in a manner that is consistent with clinically appropriate medical
care and that is the least restrictive of the individual's personal
liberty; and
(2) document in the individual's active record, in
specific medical or behavioral terms, the necessity of the order and
that the physician has evaluated but rejected other generally accepted,
less intrusive forms of treatment, if any.
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