Code of Alabama - Title 22: Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control - Section 22-54-4 - Return of patients to sources from which received; institutions, courts, etc., referring patients to facility to retain constructive jurisdiction over patients; discharge of patients; applicability of support, commitment and release statutes to patients at facility

Section 22-54-4 - Return of patients to sources from which received; institutions, courts, etc., referring patients to facility to retain constructive jurisdiction over patients; discharge of patients; applicability of support, commitment and release statutes to patients at facility.

(a) When a patient transferred to the facility from any other state institution or admitted by request or order of any agency, governmental body or court no longer requires special treatment in the security setting, the patient may be returned to the source from which received.

(b) The state institution, agency, governmental body or court that referred the patient for hospitalization shall retain constructive jurisdiction over the patient.

(c) Patients without legal encumbrances may be discharged directly from the facility upon concurrence of the superintendent of the facility and the head of the referring institution, agency, governmental body or court.

(d) The support, commitment and release statutes applicable to a patient at the state institution from which transferred shall remain applicable while the person is a patient at the facility.

(Acts 1975, No. 1220, p. 2545, §5.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021