South Dakota Statutes
§ 27A-4-16 — Search for patient on unauthorized leave--Notice--Return of patient to center.
South Dakota § 27A-4-16
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Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 27A-4-16 (2026).
Text
If any patient committed by a county board of mental illness or voluntary patient deemed dangerous to self or others shall take unauthorized leave from the center, the administrator shall immediately start a search for the patient, and if the patient cannot be found, he shall notify the sheriff of the county where the patient resides and the sheriff's office in the county wherein the facility is located. If the patient is found, a local law enforcement officer from the county where apprehended shall return him to the South Dakota Human Services Center.
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Legislative History
SDC 1939, § 30.0221; SDCL, § 27-4-27; SL 1975, ch 181, § 60; SL 1987, ch 198, § 4; SL 1991, ch 220, § 19.
Nearby Sections
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§ 27A-1-1
Definitions.§ 27A-1-10
Mental health setting.§ 27A-1-11
Repealed by SL 2012, ch 149, § 7.§ 27A-1-12
Definitions.§ 27A-1-15
Content of contract for treatment.§ 27A-1-18
Designation of caregiver to receive information regarding resident of treatment facilities.§ 27A-1-2
Involuntary commitment.§ 27A-1-7
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Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 27A-4-16, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/27A-4-16.