Missouri Laws 631.170 – Head of facility may request sheriff to return absent client, when
If requested to do so by the head of an alcohol or drug abuse facility, the sheriff of the county where a client, absent without authorization, is found shall apprehend and return him to the facility. The head of the facility may request the return of an absent client under this section* only when:
(1) The client is a minor whose admission was applied for by his parent or legal custodian, who has not requested the minor client’s release;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 631.170
- Alcohol or drug abuse facility: a place providing treatment and rehabilitation to persons engaged in alcohol or drug abuse, or both, which is recognized as such a place by the department of mental health. See Missouri Laws 631.005
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(2) The client is a minor under jurisdiction of the juvenile court;
(3) The client has been declared legally incapacitated and his guardian has not requested his release;
(4) The client was committed to the department under chapter 552 or this chapter; or
(5) The client’s condition is of such a nature that, for the protection of the client, or others, the head of the facility determines that the client’s return to the facility is necessary as noted in the client’s records, in which case civil detention procedures shall be initiated upon return to the facility.