Legal Opinion
Green v. Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation & Substance Abuse Services
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 6, 2001PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtClifford, J.
[¶ 1] Virginia Green appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Marden, J.) affirming the decision of the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services that Green could be awakened at 8:00 A.M. without her informed consent. Green contends that waking her constitutes “treatment” or “services” that requires her informed consent, and that the Commissioner’s decision-making process violated her constitutional right of due process. We disagree and affirm the judgment.
[¶ 2] Virginia Green was admitted to the Augusta…
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