§ 25-01-02 — Transfer of patients between institutions

The supervising officer may transfer patients of the state hospital or life skills and transition
center between such institutions whenever the superintendent of any such institution shall
recommend such transfer and the supervising department is satisfied, upon investigation, that
such transfer is advisable. If any patient, so transferred, is maintained at the expense of the
county from which the patient was committed, the cost of the patient's maintenance in the
institution to which the patient is transferred must be charged to such county and must be
collected therefrom upon notice to the county auditor of such county by the supervising officer.