Receipt of mental health services; rights, benefits, privileges, and competency not affected.

Sec. 702. The receipt of mental health services, a determination that an individual meets the criteria of a person requiring treatment or for judicial admission, or any form of admission to a facility including by judicial order shall not be used to deprive an individual of his or her rights, benefits, or privileges. The receipt of mental health services, a determination that an individual meets the criteria of a person requiring treatment or for judicial admission, or any form of admission to a facility including by judicial order does not constitute a determination or adjudication that the individual is incompetent as that term is used in other statutes. History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 6, 1975; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996