27A-14-1. Discretionary discharge of voluntary patient. The administrator or facility director may at any time discharge a voluntary patient whom the administrator or facility director deems suitable for discharge. Source: SL 1975, ch 181, §130; SDCL Supp, §27-10-2.1; SL 1991, ch 220, §275.
27A-14-1.1. Notification to guardian that inpatient treatment no longer required. If the administrator or facility director or attending psychiatrist has determined that a person under a guardianship has received maximum benefits of inpatient treatment and no longer requires such treatment, and is eligible and has been accepted for placement or treatment in a community setting, […]
27A-14-1.2. Release by Human Services Center administrator prior to hearing–Transportation. If, prior to the hearing required in §27A-10-8, the administrator of the South Dakota Human Services Center determines that the person no longer meets the commitment criteria, that person shall be released and his record sealed in accordance with the provisions of state law. Following […]
27A-14-1.3. Release by facility director–Notification to board chairman. If, prior to the hearing required in §27A-10-8, the director of the facility where the person is detained determines that the person no longer meets the commitment criteria, the director shall so notify the county board chairman. If the chairman agrees, the person shall be released and […]
27A-14-1.4. Leave status–Limit–Reviews and hearings. A patient, upon approval of the administrator or facility director, may be placed on a leave status from the center or facility. The patient’s legal admission status at the center or facility shall remain in effect. Leave may not be longer than thirty days and may not extend beyond the […]
27A-14-14. Public assistance to discharged or released patient. The secretary of social services shall provide by rules, promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, methods whereby a patient shall be assisted in qualifying for all available public assistance benefits provided by the state or federal law. Source: SL 1975, ch 181, §24; SDCL Supp, §27-4-26.3; SL 1989, […]
27A-14-2. Discharge of involuntary patient on changed behavior. A patient involuntarily committed shall be discharged when, in the opinion of the administrator, or facility director, or if the person is not committed to an inpatient psychiatric facility, the director of the program, the patient no longer meets the commitment criteria. Source: SL 1975, ch 181, […]
27A-14-3. Notice to county board of discharge of involuntary patient–Transportation to home. If a patient is discharged in accordance with §27A-14-2, the county board of mental illness which entered the order for treatment shall be notified. Within forty-eight hours of discharge notification, the county board of mental illness shall provide the patient’s transportation to his […]
27A-14-4. Notice to county board of provisional discharge–Maximum duration. If the patient is provisionally discharged, the administrator shall notify the county board of the discharge and the provisions of the discharge. Provisional discharges shall in no instance extend beyond the duration of the original commitment. Source: SL 1975, ch 181, §133; SDCL Supp, §27-10-8.1.
27A-14-5. County liability for costs on failure to remove discharged patient on notice–Report and collection of delinquencies. If the county board fails or neglects to take and remove such patient so discharged, as provided in §27A-14-3, within forty-eight hours from the date of the order discharging him and of the notice of the order, the […]
