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2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 28 - Mental Health
RS 28:99 - Discharge by lapse of time
Universal Citation: LA Rev Stat § 28:99 (2018)
§99. Discharge by lapse of time
Any patient continuously absent from a psychiatric hospital without authorized leave for seventy-two hours is automatically discharged and may be readmitted only according to law. This Section shall not apply to clients committed in accordance with R.S. 28:59 or Code of Criminal Procedure Article 648 or 654.
Amended by Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.
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