53.1-40.5 - Transfer of prisoner involuntarily admitted. - Virginia Statutes

§ 53.1-40.5. Transfer of prisoner involuntarily admitted.

Whenever a prisoner is admitted to a hospital or facility for the care andtreatment of the mentally ill, the Director may order the transfer of theprisoner to any other willing hospital or facility for the care and treatmentof the mentally ill, and such other hospital or facility is authorized toadmit such prisoner under the authority of the commitment order applicable tothe hospital or facility from which such prisoner was transferred. No suchtransfer shall alter any right of a prisoner under the provisions of thisarticle nor shall such transfer divest a judge or court, before which ahearing or request therefor is pending, of jurisdiction to conduct suchhearing.

(1988, c. 873.)