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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 27A - MENTALLY ILL PERSONS
Chapter 8 - VOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION OF PATIENTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
Section 27A-8-10 - Immediate discharge of adult voluntary patient after notice of intent to terminate

S.D. Codified Laws § 27A-8-10

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Section 27A-8-10 - Immediate discharge of adult voluntary patient after notice of intent to terminate

Except as is provided in § 27A-8-10.1, a voluntary patient eighteen years of age or over has the right to immediate discharge upon written notice of his intention to terminate inpatient treatment. Upon informing a staff member of the inpatient psychiatric facility of the intention to terminate inpatient treatment, the facility shall promptly supply the patient with the required written form.

SDCL 27A-8-10

SL 1975, ch 181, § 38; SDCL Supp, § 27-4-13.2; SL 1991, ch 220, § 56.