This provision allows minors aged 16 or older to voluntarily admit themselves to a mental health facility by executing the application themselves, without requiring a parent or guardian to initiate the process. Once admitted under this provision, the minor is treated as an adult under Article IV of the Mental Health Code. The facility must immediately notify the minor's parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis of the admission.
View official source(405 ILCS 5/3-502) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-502) Sec. 3-502. Any minor 16 years of age or older may be admitted to a mental health facility as a voluntary recipient under Article IV of this Chapter if the minor himself executes the application. A minor so admitted shall be treated as an adult under Article IV and shall be subject to all of the provisions of that Article. The minor's parent, guardian or person in loco parentis shall be immediately informed of the admission. (Source: P.A. 91-726, eff. 6-2-00.)