North Dakota Century Code Title 25. Mental and Physical Illness or Disability § 25-03.1-22. Length of involuntary and continuing treatment orders

1. An order for involuntary treatment following a preliminary hearing may not exceed fourteen days. An order for involuntary treatment following a treatment hearing may not exceed ninety days.

2. If the director or superintendent believes a patient continues to require treatment, the director or superintendent, not less than fourteen days before the expiration of the initial order, shall petition the court where the facility is located for a determination that the patient continues to be a person requiring treatment and for an order of continuing treatment, which order may be for a period not to exceed one year. The court shall set a hearing date that must be within fourteen days after the petition was filed, unless extended for good cause shown.

3. A respondent subject to a continuing treatment order of indefinite duration retains the rights to periodic review and to petition for discharge under section 25-03.1-31 as that section existed on July 31, 1993.