N.D. Cent. Code § 25-03.1-37: Reports to and additional powers of department

The superintendent or director of a treatment facility, by means of nonidentifying data, shall notify the department of all admissions under this chapter to the state hospital or facility. In addition to the specific authority granted under the provisions of this chapter, the department shall have authority to require nonidentifying statistical data from the head of any hospital relating to the admission, examination, diagnosis, release, or discharge of any mentally ill patient.