2010 Hawaii Code
DIVISION 1. GOVERNMENT
TITLE 19. HEALTH
334. Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism
§334-71 Transfer of patients between facilities.
PART V. TRANSFER, LEAVE, AND DISCHARGE
§334-71 Transfer of patients between facilities. A patient at a psychiatric facility, including those held on court order, may be transferred to another psychiatric facility when the administrator of the sending facility determines that it would be in the best interest of the patient that the patient be transferred and the administrator of the receiving facility agrees to accept the patient; provided that prior notice of such transfer be given to the subject of such transfer and to those persons specified in a current order of commitment. If there is no current order of commitment, notice shall be given to those persons enumerated in section 334-60.4. [L 1967, c 259, pt of §1; HRS §334-71; am L 1976, c 130, §5; am L 1977, c 76, §4; am L 1985, c 68, §8]
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