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Title 17 - ECONOMIC SECURITY AND PUBLIC WELFAREChapter 202A - HOSPITALIZATION OF THE MENTALLY ILL
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Section 202A.185 - Peace officer authorized to arrest and return patient to hospital

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 202A.185

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Current through 2024 Ky. Acts ch.225
Section 202A.185 - Peace officer authorized to arrest and return patient to hospital

If a patient undergoing involuntary treatment on an inpatient basis is absent from the hospital without, or in excess of authorization from the hospital staff, the person in charge or that person's designee may contact the appropriate sheriff or other peace officers who shall take the patient into custody and return the patient to the hospital.

KRS 202A.185

Effective:7/15/1988
Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 139, sec. 11, effective7/15/1988.