In issuing an emergency order under this article, the court shall adhere to all of the following limitations:
- (a) Only those protective services that are necessary to remove the conditions creating the emergency shall be ordered, and the court shall specifically designate the approved services in the emergency order.
- (b) Protective services authorized by an emergency order shall not include hospitalization or a change of residence unless the court specifically finds that action is necessary and gives specific approval for that action in its order.
- (c) Protective services may be provided through an emergency order for no more than 14 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays pending a hearing for long-term custody.
(d)
- (1) In its emergency order under this article, the court shall appoint the petitioner, next of kin, or other interested person, as appropriate, as a temporary conservator of the endangered adult.
- (2) The court’s appointee shall be responsible for the care of the endangered adult.
- (3) The court’s appointee may, until the expiration of the court’s order, give consent for the provision of protective services for the endangered adult, in accordance with the emergency order.
- (e) The issuance of an emergency order and the appointment of a temporary conservator of the endangered adult shall not deprive that endangered adult of any rights except to the extent provided in the order of appointment.