2005 Idaho Code - 66-338 — CONDITIONAL RELEASE

                                  TITLE  66
                        STATE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
                                  CHAPTER 3
                       HOSPITALIZATION OF MENTALLY ILL
    66-338.  CONDITIONAL RELEASE. Except for patients confined pursuant to
section  18-211, 18-212, 18-214 or 20-520, Idaho Code, upon determining that a
patient may be released without imminent risk or harm due to mental illness,
the department director or his designated representative may release a patient
from an inpatient treatment facility on the condition that the patient receive
outpatient treatment pursuant to a written treatment plan as specified by the
department director or his designee or as amended pursuant to this chapter.
For purposes of this chapter, "conditional release" shall refer to the
situation in which a patient is discharged from an inpatient treatment
facility and dispositioned to an outpatient facility, but shall not include
absences, such as escape or other absences wherein the patient is expected to
return to the inpatient facility upon a certain date or occurrence of an
event.