CHAPTER 322

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered
87-71.2 and 87-204.1, relating to treatment of persons committed to
hospitals for mental illness, mental deficiency, epilepsy or inebriacy
while appeal is pending from such commission.

(S 242]
Approved March 31, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding sections numbered
37-71.2 and 37-204.1 as follows: |

§ 37-71.2. Such treatment as, in the opinion of the superintendent
of any State hospital or colony or of the physician in charge of any private
institution licensed under § 37-254, is reasonably necessary to protect the
life, health, or safety of the committed person may be given within the
period allowed for any appeal provided for by § 37-71.1 unless such
treatment is enjoined by a judge of a court of record in the county or
city in which the commission is held.

§ 37-201.1. Such treatment as, in the opinion of the superintendent
of any State hospital or colony or of the physician in charge of any
private institution licensed under § 37-254, is reasonably necessary to
protect the life, health, or safety of the committed person may be given
within the period allowed for any appeal provided for by § 37-204 unless
such treatment is enjoined by a judge of a court of record in the county
or city in which the commission is held.