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2017 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 28 - Mental Health
RS 28:91 - Transfer to psychiatric hospital
Universal Citation: LA Rev Stat § 28:91 (2017)
PART IV. TRANSFER, DISCHARGE, LEAVE OF ABSENCE,
RETURN OF ESCAPED PATIENTS, BOARDING OUT OF PATIENTS
INTERSTATE RENDITION AND DEPORTATION
§91. Transfer to psychiatric hospital
A. The judge shall designate or shall request the administrator to provide an attendant to transfer the patient to the psychiatric hospital and may authorize the employment of assistants if necessary.
B. Wherever practicable, the patient to be hospitalized shall be permitted to be accompanied by one or more of his friends or relatives.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 701, §1; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.
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