Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-7-107: Escape or leave without permission - Notice - Discharge

or convalescent leave - Apprehension.

A. When a facility within the Department of Mental Health and

Substance Abuse Services has a consumer leave without permission, or

escape, the executive director of the facility shall notify a

relative of the consumer, or, in the event the consumer has been

admitted in accordance with a court order, the judge of the court

ordering the consumer to the hospital.

B. Should a consumer, other than one admitted in accordance

with a court order, absent from the hospital without permission, not

cause trouble in the community to which he goes, the consumer may be

discharged or given convalescent leave at the discretion of the

executive director of the hospital.

C. Any other consumer, escaped or absent without permission,

who has to be returned to the hospital shall be returned by the

relatives or friends or, in the event of their failure to return the

escaped individual, it shall be the responsibility and duty of

officers of the county wherein the individual is present to

apprehend the individual and return the consumer to the appropriate

facility. It shall be the duty of any municipal law enforcement

officer to directly return such consumer if the facility is located

within the boundaries of the governmental entity employing the

officer.

D. The governmental entity employing the law enforcement

officers shall reimburse the officers for necessary travel expense

as provided by law.