Code of Virginia - Title 37.2 Mental Health, Mental Retardation, And Substance Abuse Services - Section 37.2-838 Discharge of persons from a licensed hospital

§ 37.2-838. Discharge of persons from a licensed hospital

The person in charge of a licensed hospital may discharge any consumer involuntarily admitted who is recovered or, if not recovered, whose discharge will not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to the consumer, or who meets other criteria as specified in § 37.2-837. The person in charge of the licensed hospital may refuse to discharge any consumer involuntarily admitted, if, in his judgment, the discharge will be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to the consumer. The person in charge of a licensed hospital may grant a trial or home visit to a consumer in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board.

(1968, c. 477, § 37.1-99; 1976, c. 671; 1980, cc. 582, 583; 2005, c. 716.)

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