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(c) If during the commitment period the provider of outpatient care determines that the respondent can no longer be treated on an outpatient basis because the respondent is likely to cause harm to self or others or is gravely disabled, the provider shall give the respondent oral and written notice that the respondent must return to the treatment facility within 24 hours, with copies to the respondent's attorney and guardian, if any, the court, and the inpatient treatment facility. If the respondent fails to arrive at the treatment facility within 24 hours after receiving the notice, the professional person in charge may contact the appropriate peace officers who shall take the respondent into custody and transport the respondent to the facility. If it is determined by the professional person in charge to be necessary, a member of the treatment facility staff shall accompany the peace officers when they take the respondent into custody. (d) If the provider of outpatient care determines that the respondent will require continued outpatient care after the expiration of the commitment period, the provider may initiate further commitment proceedings as if the provider were the professional person in charge, and the provisions of AS 47.30.660 — 47.30.915 apply, except that provisions relating to inpatient treatment shall be read as applicable to outpatient treatment. Sec. 47.30.800. Conversion of involuntary outpatient treatment to inpatient commitment. (a) A respondent ordered by the court under the provisions of AS 47.30.700 — 47.30.915 to receive involuntary outpatient treatment may be required to undergo inpatient treatment when the provider of outpatient care finds that (1) the respondent is mentally ill and is likely to cause serious harm to self or others or is still gravely disabled; (2) the respondent's behavior since the hearing resulting in court-ordered treatment indicates that the respondent now needs inpatient treatment to protect self or others; (3) there is reason to believe that the respondent's mental condition will improve as a result of inpatient treatment; and (4) there is an inpatient facility appropriate to the respondent's need that will accept the respondent as a patient. Treatment for these respondents shall be available at state-operated hospitals at all times. (b) Upon making the findings specified in (a) of this section, the provisions of AS 47.30.795(c) relating to notice and AS 47.30.745 relating to hearings apply. Sec. 47.30.803. Conversion from involuntary to voluntary status. A patient subject to involuntary hospitalization under AS 47.30.705, 47.30.735, or AS 47.30.755 may at any time convert to voluntary status if the responsible physician agrees that (1) the patient is an appropriate patient for voluntary hospitalization; and (2) the conversion is made in good faith. Sec. 47.30.805. Computation, extension, and expiration of periods of time. (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, (1) computations of a 72-hour period under AS 47.30.706, 47.30.708, or 47.30.715 or a 48- hour period under AS 47.30.685 do not include Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, or any period of time necessary to transport the respondent to the treatment facility, except that if the exclusion of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays from the computation of a 72-hour evaluation period or 48-hour detention period would result in the respondent being held for longer than 72 hours or 48