Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 426.292: Release prior to expiration of term of commitment.

Where this section sits in the code

11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services
35. Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities; Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Chapter 426 — Persons With Mental Illness; Dangerous Persons; Commitment; Housing

Nothing in this chapter and ORS 430.397 to 430.401 prohibits the Oregon Health Authority from releasing a person from a hospital or other facility in which the person is being treated prior to the expiration of the period of commitment under ORS 426.130 when, in the opinion of the director of the facility or the licensed independent practitioner who is treating the person, the person is no longer a person with mental illness. [1985 c.242 §4 (enacted in lieu of 426.290); 2009 c.595 §416; 2013 c.360 §51; 2015 c.461 §18]

(Competency and Discharge)

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