§334-60.7  Notice of intent to discharge. 
When the administrator of a psychiatric facility contemplates discharge of an
involuntary patient because of expiration of the court order for commitment or
because the patient is no longer a proper subject for commitment, as determined
by the criteria for involuntary hospitalization in section 334-60.2 the
administrator shall provide notice of intent to discharge, or if the patient
voluntarily agrees to further hospitalization, the administrator shall provide
notice of the patient’s admission to voluntary inpatient treatment.  The notice
shall be filed with the court and served personally or by certified mail on
those persons whom the order of commitment specifies as entitled to receive
notice.  If no objection is filed within three days of service, the
administrator of the psychiatric facility shall discharge or accept the patient
for voluntary inpatient treatment.  If any person specified as entitled to
receive notice files a written objection to discharge or to the patient’s
admission to voluntary inpatient treatment on the grounds that the patient is a
proper subject for commitment, the court shall conduct a hearing to determine
if the patient still meets the criteria for involuntary hospitalization in
section 334-60.2.  If the court finds that the patient does not meet the
criteria for involuntary hospitalization in section 334-60.2, the court shall
issue an order of discharge from the commitment.  If the court finds that the
patient does meet the criteria for involuntary hospitalization in section
334-60.2, the court shall issue an order denying discharge from the commitment.
[L 1984, c 188, pt of §3; am L 1988, c 44, §2]