Maine § 34-B §3870 Convalescent status

Maine Statutes

§ 34-B §3870 — Convalescent status

Maine § 34-B §3870

Title 34-BBEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES

Ch. 3MENTAL HEALTH

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 34-B, § 34-B §3870 (2026).

Text

1.Authority. The chief administrative officer of a state mental health institute may release an improved patient on convalescent status when the chief administrative officer believes that the release is in the best interest of the patient and that the patient does not pose a likelihood of serious harm. The chief administrative officer of a nonstate mental health institute may release an improved patient on convalescent status when the chief administrative officer believes that the release is in the best interest of the patient, the patient does not pose a likelihood of serious harm and, when releasing an involuntarily committed patient, the chief administrative officer has obtained the approval of the commissioner after submitting a plan for continued responsibility.

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1.
Authority.
The chief administrative officer of a state mental health institute may release an improved patient on convalescent status when the chief administrative officer believes that the release is in the best interest of the patient and that the patient does not pose a likelihood of serious harm. The chief administrative officer of a nonstate mental health institute may release an improved patient on convalescent status when the chief administrative officer believes that the release is in the best interest of the patient, the patient does not pose a likelihood of serious harm and, when releasing an involuntarily committed patient, the chief administrative officer has obtained the approval of the commissioner after submitting a plan for continued responsibility.
2.
Reexamination.
Before a patient has spent a year on convalescent status, and at least once a year thereafter, the chief administrative officer of the psychiatric hospital shall reexamine the facts relating to the hospitalization of the patient on convalescent status.
3.
Discharge.
Discharge from convalescent status is governed as follows.
4.
Rehospitalization.
Rehospitalization of patients under this section is governed as follows.
5.
Notice of change of status.
Notice of the change of convalescent status of patients is governed as follows.

Legislative History

PL 1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 736, §54 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 422, §22 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 519, §§BBBB11,12 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 519, §BBBB20 (AFF). PL 2007, c. 319, §16 (AMD).