West Virginia Statutes
§ 27-7-3 — Release as unimproved
West Virginia·Ch. 27 MENTALLY ILL PERSONS·Art. 7 RELEASE, DISCHARGE AND READMISSION OF PATIENTS; ESCAPEES
The chief medical officer of a mental health facility may release an involuntary patient as unimproved when any person requests the patient's release and is willing and able to take proper care of the patient outside the mental health facility. In the event that a patient is released to a responsible person, a report shall be made by such person at least once every six months to the chief medical officer of the mental health facility. No discharge shall be given to said patient until he has returned to the mental health facility for examination by the chief medical officer and he has determined that said patient is no longer in need of hospitalization.
When a patient is released from a mental health facility as unimproved, it shall be the responsibility of the chief medical officer of the
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Legislative History
1975 Reg. Sess., HB1316; 1965 Reg. Sess., HB586; 1957 Reg. Sess., SB182; 1955 Reg. Sess., HB228
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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