199.260. Apprehension and return of patient leaving rehabilitation center without discharge. - Missouri Statutes

Apprehension and return of patient leaving rehabilitation centerwithout discharge.

199.260. Any person committed under the provisions of sections199.170 to 199.270 who leaves the facility designated by the curators ofthe University of Missouri without having been discharged by the directorof the facility or other officer in charge or by order of court shall betaken into custody and returned thereto by the sheriff of any county wheresuch person may be found, upon an affidavit being filed with the sheriff bythe director of the facility, or duly authorized officer in charge thereof,to which the person had been committed.

(L. 1961 p. 518 § 12, A.L. 1971 H.B. 581, A.L. 1985 S.B. 19, A.L. 1996 S.B. 540)

Effective 7-1-96