A person can be committed if the judge finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person has a mental disorder and, because of that mental disorder, is:
- Dangerous to self or others, or
- Unable to provide for basic personal needs like health and safety.
A person can also be committed if the judge finds that the person is:
- Diagnosed as having a major mental illness such as schizophrenia or manic-depression, and
- Has been committed and hospitalized twice in the last three years, is showing symptoms or behavior similar to those that preceded and led to a prior hospitalization and,
- Unless treated, will continue, to a reasonable medical probability, to deteriorate to become a danger to self or others or unable to provide for basic needs.