34-B M.R.S. §3866: Members of the Armed Forces

1. Admission to psychiatric hospital. Any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who was a resident of the State at the time of the member's induction into the service and who is determined by a federal board of medical officers to have a mental disease not incurred in line of duty must be received, at the discretion of the commissioner and without formal commitment, at either of the state mental health institutes, upon delivery at the institute designated by the commissioner of:

A. The member of the Armed Forces; and

B. The findings of the board of medical officers that the member is mentally ill.

2. Status. After delivery of the member of the Armed Forces at the state mental health institute designated by the commissioner, the member's status is the same as if the member had been committed to the institute under section 3864.