Community Behavioral Health

County Board of Mental Illness

All members of the a Board of Mental Illness are required to participate in a training and certification program prior to undertaking their duties and at least every three years thereafter. (SDCL 27A-7-9)

Training information

• Training video
  
• Roadmap of South Dakota's Revised Mental Health Code: The Involuntary Commitment and Voluntary Hospitalization of Adults
  
• Involuntary Commitment of Mentally Ill Persons
• Affidavits

Commitment Forms for Attorneys

• Amended Emergency Order for Detention
  
• Amended Notice of Hearing County
  
• Emergency Order for Detention
• Emergency Order for Detention of a Minor
  
• Emergency Warrant for Detention
• Emergency Warrant for Detention of a Minor
• Findings and Order for Release
  
• Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in Regard to Residency
  
• Findings, Conclusions, and Order for Involuntary Commitment
  
• Notice of Hearing
• Notice of Hearing of a Minor
  
• Notice to a Minor Held or in Custody under the Involuntary
  
• Petition for Emergency Commitment by QMHP
  
• Petition for Emergency Commitment
  
• Petition for the Emergency Commitment of a Minor