2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 27A - Mentally Ill Persons
Chapter 04 - South Dakota Human Services Center
Section 27A-4-16 - Search for patient on unauthorized leave--Notice--Return of patient to center.
27A-4-16. Search for patient on unauthorized leave--Notice--Return of patient to center.
If any patient committed by a county board of mental illness or voluntary patient deemed dangerous to self or others shall take unauthorized leave from the center, the administrator shall immediately start a search for the patient, and if the patient cannot be found, he shall notify the sheriff of the county where the patient resides and the sheriff's office in the county wherein the facility is located. If the patient is found, a local law enforcement officer from the county where apprehended shall return him to the South Dakota Human Services Center.
Source: SDC 1939, §30.0221; SDCL, §27-4-27; SL 1975, ch 181, §60; SL 1987, ch 198, §4; SL 1991, ch 220, §19.
