§ 8009 - Administrative discharge
§ 8009. Administrative discharge
(a) The head of the hospital may at any time discharge a voluntary or judicially hospitalized patient whom he deems clinically suitable for discharge.
(b) The head of the hospital shall discharge a judicially hospitalized patient when the patient is no longer a patient in need of further treatment. When a judicially hospitalized patient is discharged, the head of the hospital shall notify the applicant, the certifying physician and the court and anyone who was notified at the time the patient was hospitalized.
(c) A person responsible for providing treatment other than hospitalization to an individual ordered to undergo a program of alternative treatment, under sections 7618 or 7621 of this title, may terminate the alternative treatment to the individual if the provider of this alternative treatment considers him clinically suitable for termination of treatment. Upon termination of alternative treatment, the court shall be so notified by the provider of the alternative treatment. (Added 1977, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 34.)