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2012 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 28 — Mental health
RS 28:99 — Discharge by lapse of time
LA Rev Stat § 28:99 What's This?
§99. Discharge by lapse of time
Any patient continuously absent from an institution without leave for twelve months is automatically discharged and may be readmitted only according to law. This Section does not apply to mental defectives or epileptics, whose leaves are indefinite and who can be returned at any time until formal discharge, nor to patients committed in accordance with R.S. 28:59.
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