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158.19 DISCHARGE; TRANSFER.
When, in the judgment of the superintendent of the University of Minnesota Hospitals
any defective in the Psychopathic Department should be discharged from the hospitals the
superintendent shall inform the commissioner of human services, who shall immediately order
the patient to be sent to the proper institution for such patient. The medical director of the
Psychopathic Department shall furnish the institution to which a patient is transferred, or the
commissioner of human services, on request, or the proper court, on request, with full information
and advice concerning the patient. The expense of transferring patients for study and treatment
to and from the Psychopathic Department shall be a proper charge upon the counties as under
existing statutes or upon institutions under the commissioner of human services from which or
to which patients may be removed, under such rules as the commissioner of human services
may prescribe. The expense of transferring patients for study and research purposes shall be a
proper charge upon the Psychopathic Department under such rules as the Board of Regents
may prescribe. The superintendent of the University of Minnesota Hospitals may discharge
any voluntary patient in the Psychopathic Department or may take steps to secure commitment
and transfer of such a patient when in the judgment of the superintendent the patient should be
discharged from the Psychopathic Department.
History: (4597) 1923 c 385 s 7; 1945 c 553; 1953 c 593 s 2; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58
When, in the judgment of the superintendent of the University of Minnesota Hospitals
any defective in the Psychopathic Department should be discharged from the hospitals the
superintendent shall inform the commissioner of human services, who shall immediately order
the patient to be sent to the proper institution for such patient. The medical director of the
Psychopathic Department shall furnish the institution to which a patient is transferred, or the
commissioner of human services, on request, or the proper court, on request, with full information
and advice concerning the patient. The expense of transferring patients for study and treatment
to and from the Psychopathic Department shall be a proper charge upon the counties as under
existing statutes or upon institutions under the commissioner of human services from which or
to which patients may be removed, under such rules as the commissioner of human services
may prescribe. The expense of transferring patients for study and research purposes shall be a
proper charge upon the Psychopathic Department under such rules as the Board of Regents
may prescribe. The superintendent of the University of Minnesota Hospitals may discharge
any voluntary patient in the Psychopathic Department or may take steps to secure commitment
and transfer of such a patient when in the judgment of the superintendent the patient should be
discharged from the Psychopathic Department.
History: (4597) 1923 c 385 s 7; 1945 c 553; 1953 c 593 s 2; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58
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