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Section 27A-8-14 - Notice to voluntary patients of release procedure--Acknowledgment of notice--Display in wards.

27A-8-14. Notice to voluntary patients of release procedure--Acknowledgment of notice--Display in wards. Upon voluntary admission, and at the end of the first six months of hospitalization, and annually thereafter, the patient shall be given a separate written notice of release procedures. In addition, a copy of the written notice shall be given to any one other person designated by the patient. The patient shall acknowledge deliverance of the notice in writing, or an affidavit that he was so informed shall be attached to his record. Every voluntary patient has the right to discharge upon request as provided in § 27A-8-10. Detailed release procedures in simple and nontechnical language shall be permanently and prominently displayed in every psychiatric ward.

Source: SL 1975, ch 181, § 25; SDCL Supp, § 27-4-13.1; SL 1991, ch 220, § 63.

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