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§ 7901. Intrastate transfers
The commissioner may authorize the transfer of patients between the Vermont state hospital and designated hospitals if the commissioner determines that it would be consistent with the medical needs of the patient to do so. Whenever a patient is transferred, written notice shall be given to the patient's attorney, legal guardian, if any, spouse, parent, or parents, or, if none be known, to any other interested party in that order. In all such transfers, due consideration shall be given to the relationship of the patient to his or her family, legal guardian, or friends, so as to maintain relationships and encourage visits beneficial to the patient. Due consideration shall also be given to the separation of functions and to the divergent purposes of the Vermont state hospital and designated hospitals. No patient may be transferred to a correctional institution without the order of a court of competent jurisdiction. No patient may be transferred to a designated hospital unless the head of the hospital or his or her designee first accepts the patient. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 1977, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 41.)
