Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-5-309
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Detention against will prohibited - Notice of desire to
Official statutory text
be discharged.
No consumer admitted to a state or private mental hospital under
the provisions of the Mental Hospital Voluntary Admission Procedures
Act shall be detained in a mental hospital against the will of the
person more than one hundred twenty (120) hours or five (5) days,
excluding weekends and holidays, after the consumer gives notice in
writing to the executive director of the facility of the desire of
the consumer to be discharged from the facility. If during the
emergency detention the consumer becomes medically unstable, the
time limit on the emergency detention period stipulated in this
section shall be tolled until the consumer is treated at a medical
facility and is medically stabilized. The executive director of the
facility may designate one or more employees of the facility to
receive a notification provided by this section with the same effect
as if delivered to the executive director personally.
No consumer admitted to a state or private mental hospital under
the provisions of the Mental Hospital Voluntary Admission Procedures
Act shall be detained in a mental hospital against the will of the
person more than one hundred twenty (120) hours or five (5) days,
excluding weekends and holidays, after the consumer gives notice in
writing to the executive director of the facility of the desire of
the consumer to be discharged from the facility. If during the
emergency detention the consumer becomes medically unstable, the
time limit on the emergency detention period stipulated in this
section shall be tolled until the consumer is treated at a medical
facility and is medically stabilized. The executive director of the
facility may designate one or more employees of the facility to
receive a notification provided by this section with the same effect
as if delivered to the executive director personally.
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