Nebraska Statutes 71-936. Regional center or treatment facility; administrator; discharge of involuntary patient; notice
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When the administrator of any regional center or treatment facility for the treatment of persons who are mentally ill or substance dependent determines that any involuntary patient in such facility may be safely and properly discharged or placed on convalescent leave, the administrator of such regional center or treatment facility shall immediately notify the mental health board of the judicial district from which such patient was committed.
Source
- Laws 1967, c. 251, § 16, p. 670;
- Laws 1981, LB 95, § 4;
- R.S.1943, (1999), § 83-340.01;
- Laws 2004, LB 1083, § 56.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-936
- Administrator: means the administrator or other chief administrative officer of a treatment facility or his or her designee. See Nebraska Statutes 71-904
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Mental health board: means a board created under section 71-915. See Nebraska Statutes 71-905
- Mentally ill: means having a psychiatric disorder that involves a severe or substantial impairment of a person's thought processes, sensory input, mood balance, memory, or ability to reason which substantially interferes with such person's ability to meet the ordinary demands of living or interferes with the safety or well-being of others. See Nebraska Statutes 71-907
- Regional center: means a state hospital for the mentally ill as designated in section 83-305. See Nebraska Statutes 71-911
- Treatment facility: means a facility which is licensed to provide services for persons who are mentally ill or substance dependent or both. See Nebraska Statutes 71-914