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urn: urn:us-la:rs:28:99
citation: "R.S. 28:99"
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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# Discharge by lapse of time

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.