1. A. The following persons may petition the district court, upon which is hereby conferred jurisdiction, to determine whether a person is a mentally ill person and a person requiring treatment and to order the least restrictive appropriate treatment for such person:

   1. 1. The father, mother, husband, wife, brother, sister, guardian or child, over the age of eighteen (18) years, of a person alleged to be a person requiring treatment;
   2. 2. A licensed mental health professional;
   3. 3. The administrator of a facility designated by the Commissioner as appropriate for emergency detention or an administrator of a hospital that is approved by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals;
   4. 4. A person in charge of any correctional institution;
   5. 5. Any peace officer within the county in which the person alleged to be a mentally ill person and a person requiring treatment resides or may be found; or
   6. 6. The district attorney in whose district the person resides or may be found.

2. B. The petition shall contain a statement of the facts upon which the allegation is based and, if known, the names and addresses of any witnesses to the alleged facts.

   1. 1. The petition shall be verified and made under penalty of perjury.
   2. 2. A request for the prehearing detention of the person alleged to be a mentally ill person requiring treatment may be attached to the petition.
   3. 3. If the person alleged to be a mentally ill person requiring treatment is being held in emergency detention, a copy of the certificate of evaluation shall be attached to the petition.
3. C. The inpatient mental health treatment of children shall be pursuant to the provisions of the Inpatient Mental Health Treatment of Children Act.'

Laws 1997, HB 2024, c. 387, § 4, eff. November 1, 1997.