West Virginia Statutes
§ 27-7-1 — Discharge
West Virginia·Ch. 27 MENTALLY ILL PERSONS·Art. 7 RELEASE, DISCHARGE AND READMISSION OF PATIENTS; ESCAPEES
The chief medical officer of the mental health facility shall continually review the case of each individual who is an involuntary patient at the facility pursuant to article five of this chapter and shall as frequently as practicable, in any event at least once every three months, cause a complete psychiatric examination of each patient, and whenever it is determined that the conditions justifying involuntary hospitalization no longer exist or that the individual can no longer benefit from hospitalization, the chief medical officer shall discharge the patient, and forward a copy of the patient's discharge to the clerk of the circuit court or mental hygiene commissioner of the county in which the involuntary hospitalization was ordered and to the circuit court or mental hygiene commissione
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Legislative History
2014 Reg. Sess., HB4214; 1980 Reg. Sess., SB603; 1975 Reg. Sess., HB1316; 1965 Reg. Sess., HB586; 1955 Reg. Sess., HB228; 1949 Reg. Sess., SB126
Nearby Sections
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§ 27-1-1
Definitions§ 27-1-10
Psychologists and psychiatrists§ 27-1-11
Addiction§ 27-1-12
Likely to cause serious harm§ 27-1-13
Chief medical officer§ 27-1-14
Detained or taken into custody§ 27-1-15
Computation of time§ 27-1-16
Incapacitated§ 27-1-17
Judicial officer§ 27-1-2
Mental illness§ 27-1-3
Intellectual disability§ 27-1-4
Inebriate§ 27-1-5
Physician§ 27-1-6
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