Statutes, codes, and regulations
Revised Code of Washington
Title 72 - STATE INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 72.23 - PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACILITIES FOR MENTALLY ILL
Section 72.23.100 - Voluntary patients-Policy-Duration

Wash. Rev. Code § 72.23.100

Download
PDF
Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 72.23.100 - Voluntary patients-Policy-Duration

It shall be the policy of the department to permit liberal use of the foregoing sections for the admission of those cases that can be benefited by treatment and returned to normal life and mental condition, in the opinion of the superintendent, within a period of six months. No person shall be carried as a voluntary patient for a period of more than one year.

RCW 72.23.100

1973 1st ex.s. c 142 § 5; 1959 c 28 § 72.23.100. Prior: 1951 c 139 § 14; 1949 c 198 § 19, part; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 6953-19, part. Formerly RCW 71.02.060.