N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 29.16: Discharge; certain cases

§ 29.16 Discharge; certain cases.

The director of a facility shall, with respect to any patient admitted

to such facility pursuant to section five hundred nine of the executive

law or 353.4 of the family court act and article nine or fifteen of this

chapter, give immediate written notice to the director of the division

for youth and to the mental hygiene legal service when any such patient

leaves the facility without the consent of its director. Such patient

shall not be discharged so long as there is a valid order of the family

court placing such person with the division for youth, except in

accordance with the provisions of section five hundred nine of the

executive law or section 353.4 of the family court act.