{"data":{"id":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-8007","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"18 V.S.A. § 8007","heading":"Conditional discharges","body":"(a) The Board or the head of a hospital may conditionally discharge from a hospital any patient who may be safely and properly cared for in a place other than the hospital.\n(b) A conditional discharge may extend for a term of six months, but shall not exceed 60 days unless the head of the hospital determines that a longer period will materially improve the availability of a program of treatment that is an alternative to hospitalization.\n(c) Unless sooner revoked or renewed, a conditional discharge shall become absolute at the end of its term.\n(d) A conditional discharge may be granted subject to the patient’s agreement to participate in outpatient, after-care, or follow-up treatment programs, and shall be subject to such other conditions and terms as are established by the granting authority.\n(e) Each patient granted a conditional discharge shall be provided, so far as practicable and appropriate, with continuing treatment on an outpatient or partial hospitalization basis.\n(f) Each patient granted a conditional discharge shall be given a written statement of the conditions of his or her release, the violation of which can cause revocation.\n(g) A conditional discharge may be renewed by the granting authority at any time before it becomes absolute if the head of a hospital first determines that such renewal will substantially reduce the risk that the patient will become a person in need of treatment in the near future.","path":["Title 18: Health","Chapter 189: Release and Discharge"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/18/189/08007","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:03Z","sha256":"ab2b7ad5b8989cd11266be356664ac276ef11e78ca9de3bf3b1e0635c2f6d2e7","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-8006","next":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-8008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}