222.9 - UNAUTHORIZED DEPARTURES.
222.9 UNAUTHORIZED DEPARTURES.Section History: Early Form
If any person with mental retardation shall depart without proper
authorization from a resource center or a special unit, it shall be
the duty of the superintendent and the superintendent's assistants
and all peace officers of any county in which such patient may be
found to take and detain the patient without a warrant or order and
to immediately report such detention to the superintendent who shall
immediately provide for the return of such patient to the resource
center or special unit.
Section History: Recent Form
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3460; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 222.50;
C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 222.9]
96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §51
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