2014 Idaho Statutes
Title 66 - STATE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 3 - HOSPITALIZATION OF MENTALLY ILL
Section 66-320 - RIGHT TO RELEASE ON APPLICATION -- EXCEPTIONS.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, judicial proceedings authorized by this chapter shall not be commenced with respect to a voluntary patient unless release of the patient has been requested by himself or the individual who applied for his admission.
(c) The date and time of any request for release under this section shall be entered in the patient's clinical record. If the request for release is denied, the reasons for denial also shall be entered in the patient's clinical record.
(d) A patient admitted for examination pursuant to section 20-520 or 18-211, Idaho Code, may not be released except for purposes of transportation back to the court ordering, or party authorizing, the examination.
History:
[66-320, added 1951, ch. 290, sec. 4, p. 622; am. 1973, ch. 173, sec. 4, p. 363; am. 1981, ch. 114, sec. 12, p. 177; am. 1986, ch. 84, sec. 2, p. 245; am. 2004, ch. 23, sec. 11, p. 31.]
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