If a patient undergoing involuntary treatment on an inpatient basis is absent from the hospital without, or in excess of authorization from the hospital staff, the person in charge or that person’s designee may contact the appropriate sheriff or other peace officers who shall take the patient into custody and return the patient to the hospital.
Effective: July 15, 1988

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 202A.185

  • Hospital: means :
    (a) A state mental hospital or institution or other licensed public or private hospital, institution, health-care facility, or part thereof, approved by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services as equipped to provide full- time residential care and treatment for mentally ill persons or individuals with an intellectual disability. See Kentucky Statutes 202A.011
  • Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
    that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 139, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1988.

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