Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:92 – Transfer of patients from military establishments
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:92
- administrator: means a person in charge of a treatment facility or his deputy. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
- Discharge: means the full or conditional release from a treatment facility of any person admitted or otherwise detained under this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
- Patient: means any person detained and taken care of as a person who has a mental illness or person who is suffering from a substance-related or addictive disorder. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
- State psychiatric hospital: means a public, state-owned and operated inpatient facility for the treatment of mental illness and substance-related and addictive disorders. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
A. Any resident and rightful charge upon the state who suffers from a mental illness while in military service and is returned to the state because of need of inpatient psychiatric care shall be directly transferred from the military establishment to a state psychiatric hospital, provided arrangements to receive him are made in advance with the hospital administrator.
B. Unless sooner discharged from military service, the patient shall be detained for a period of observation not to exceed thirty days. If it is found that he should remain at the hospital, he shall, after discharge from military service, be committed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
Amended by Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.