In re: E.D.

DAVIS, Judge.

*435 North Carolina law requires that a person who has been involuntarily committed to a mental health facility be examined by a physician within 24 hours of arrival at such a facility. In this case, the respondent was examined by a psychologist-rather than a physician-following her arrival at an inpatient mental health facility. The issue before us in this appeal is whether this statutory violation automatically requires us to vacate the trial court's order authorizing her continued commitment without the need for her to show that she was actually prejudiced by the violation.…