Kolocotronis v. Ritterbusch

BERREY, Judge.

This case concerns the statutory right of an involuntarily committed mental patient to refuse antipsychotic medication. Appellant, a patient at the Fulton State Hospital, filed a petition for injunction in the Circuit Court, Probate Division, of Callaway County to terminate the administration of prolix-in and the proposed administration of lithium carbonate. In his petition, appellant contends that he is within the ambit of § 630.180, RSMo.1980, which restricts the state’s authority to forcibly administer “... any form of medical treatment of any person who is being treated by…