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  "heading": "Discharge by lapse of time",
  "text": "Any patient continuously absent from a psychiatric hospital without authorized leave for seventy-two hours is automatically discharged and may be readmitted only according to law. This Section shall not apply to clients committed in accordance with R.S. 28:59 or Code of Criminal Procedure Article 648 or 654.",
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