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RS 28:91: Transfer to psychiatric hospital
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 28. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
- PART IV. TRANSFER, DISCHARGE, LEAVE OF ABSENCE, RETURN OF ESCAPED PATIENTS, BOARDING OUT OF PATIENTS INTERSTATE RENDITION AND DEPORTATION
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.
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