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urn: urn:us-la:rs:28:102
citation: "R.S. 28:102"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 28 › Chapter 1 › Part IV"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2017, number: 369, section: 2, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
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# State psychiatric hospitals; return of escaped patients

Any escaped patient from a state psychiatric hospital shall be returned at the expense of the state psychiatric hospital from which he left without authorization unless his discharge is granted before his return.