2005 Minnesota Statutes - 158.19 — Discharge; transfer.

     158.19 Discharge; transfer.  


    When, in the judgment of the superintendent of the 
 University of Minnesota Hospitals any defective in the 
 Psychopathic Department should be discharged from the hospitals 
 the superintendent shall inform the commissioner of human 
 services, who shall immediately order the patient to be sent to 
 the proper institution for such patient.  The medical director 
 of the Psychopathic Department shall furnish the institution to 
 which a patient is transferred, or the commissioner of human 
 services, on request, or the proper court, on request, with full 
 information and advice concerning the patient.  The expense of 
 transferring patients for study and treatment to and from the 
 Psychopathic Department shall be a proper charge upon the 
 counties as under existing statutes or upon institutions under 
 the commissioner of human services from which or to which 
 patients may be removed, under such rules as the commissioner of 
 human services may prescribe.  The expense of transferring 
 patients for study and research purposes shall be a proper 
 charge upon the Psychopathic Department under such rules as the 
 Board of Regents may prescribe.  The superintendent of the 
 University of Minnesota Hospitals may discharge any voluntary 
 patient in the Psychopathic Department or may take steps to 
 secure commitment and transfer of such a patient when in the 
 judgment of the superintendent the patient should be discharged 
 from the Psychopathic Department.  


    HIST: (4597) 1923 c 385 s 7; 1945 c 553; 1953 c 593 s 2; 1984 
 c 654 art 5 s 58