§ 25-03.1-36 — Escape of patient from treatment facility

North Dakota § 25-03.1-36

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 25: Mental and Physical Illness or Disability
• Ch. 25-03.1: Commitment Procedures

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If any patient escapes from a treatment facility, the superintendent or director may cause an
immediate search to be made. If the patient cannot be found, the superintendent or director
shall cause notice of the escape to be given forthwith to the court of the county of residence of
the patient and to such health officials or officers of the law as may be of assistance in locating
the patient. If the patient is found in the county of residence, the court, at the request of the
superintendent or director, shall cause the patient to be returned to the treatment facility and
shall issue its order to that effect. The patient must thereupon be transported to the treatment
facility as provided in other cases. Should the patient be found other than in the county of the
patient's residence, the patient may be transported at the request of the superintendent to the
state hospital as directed and at the expense of the state hospital.