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229-5
229.5 DEPARTURE WITHOUT NOTICE.
If a voluntary patient departs from the hospital without notice,
and in the opinion of the chief medical officer the patient is
seriously mentally impaired, the chief medical officer may file an
application for involuntary hospitalization of the departed voluntary
patient, and request that an order for immediate custody be entered
by the court pursuant to section 229.11. Section History: Early Form
[C77, 79, 81, § 229.5]
Referred to in § 222.55
