Michigan Compiled Laws
258-1974-4-GENERAL-PROVISIONS - General Provisions (330.1400...330.1410)
Section 330.1408 - Return of Patient to Hospital; Conditions; Notification of Peace Officers or Security Transport Officers; Protective Custody; Notice of Opportunity to Appeal.

Sec. 408.
(1) An individual is subject to being returned to a hospital if both of the following circumstances exist:
(a) The individual was admitted to the hospital by judicial order.
(b) The individual has left the hospital without authorization, or has refused a lawful request to return to the hospital while on an authorized leave or other authorized absence from the hospital.
(2) The hospital director may notify a peace officer or a security transport officer that an individual is subject to being returned to the hospital. Upon notification by the hospital director, a peace officer must take the individual into protective custody. After the individual is taken into protective custody, a police officer or security transport officer must transport the individual to a hospital.
(3) An opportunity for appeal, and notice of that opportunity, must be provided to an individual who objects to being returned from any authorized leave in excess of 10 days.
History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 301, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1986 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 155, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1988 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 2022, Act 146, Eff. (sine die) ;-- Am. 2022, Act 214, Imd. Eff. Oct. 14, 2022

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