2009 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 199 and Commitment
199.260. Apprehension and return of patient leaving rehabilitation center without discharge.
Apprehension and return of patient leaving rehabilitation center
without discharge.
199.260. Any person committed under the provisions of sections 199.170 to 199.270 who leaves the facility designated by the curators of the University of Missouri without having been discharged by the director of the facility or other officer in charge or by order of court shall be taken into custody and returned thereto by the sheriff of any county where such person may be found, upon an affidavit being filed with the sheriff by the director of the facility, or duly authorized officer in charge thereof, to which the person had been committed.
(L. 1961 p. 518 ยง 12, A.L. 1971 H.B. 581, A.L. 1985 S.B. 19, A.L. 1996 S.B. 540)Effective 7-1-96
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