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Title 16 - Health and Safety
CHAPTER 50. INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL; DISCHARGE; PROCEDURE
§ 5009. Discharge by the hospital.
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16 DE Code § 5009 (2012 through 146th Gen Ass)
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Notwithstanding the pendency of the action or any order previously entered by the court, if at any time after the complaint is filed the hospital determines that the involuntary patient is no longer a person with a mental condition, the hospital shall so certify in writing and discharge the patient forthwith, and shall immediately advise the court of its determination and the discharge, and the court shall thereupon dismiss the action.
60 Del. Laws, c. 95, § 1; 78 Del. Laws, c. 179, § 182.;
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