71.34.520 - Minor voluntarily admitted may give notice to leave at any time. - Washington Statutes

Minor voluntarily admitted may give notice to leave at any time.

(1) Any minor thirteen years or older voluntarily admitted to an evaluation and treatment facility under RCW 71.34.500 may give notice of intent to leave at any time. The notice need not follow any specific form so long as it is written and the intent of the minor can be discerned.

     (2) The staff member receiving the notice shall date it immediately, record its existence in the minor's clinical record, and send copies of it to the minor's attorney, if any, the *county-designated mental health professional, and the parent.

     (3) The professional person shall discharge the minor, thirteen years or older, from the facility by the second judicial day following receipt of the minor's notice of intent to leave.

[2003 c 106 § 1; 1998 c 296 § 16. Formerly RCW 71.34.046.]

Notes: *Reviser's note: The term "county-designated mental health professional" as defined in RCW 71.34.020 was changed to "designated mental health professional" by 2006 c 93 § 2.

Findings -- Intent -- Part headings not law -- Short title -- 1998 c 296: See notes following RCW 74.13.025.