§ 10-803. Voluntary admissions

   (a) Informal request. -- An individual who is admitted voluntarily to a facility, on an informal request, may leave the facility at any time between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., unless the admission status of the individual has been changed to an involuntary admission.

(b) Formal applications. -- An individual who has been admitted voluntarily, under a formal written application, may not be held for more than 3 days after the individual asks for release, unless the admission status of the individual has been changed to an involuntary admission.

(c) Formal applications -- Minors. -- A minor who has been admitted voluntarily, on the application of a parent or guardian of the minor, may not be held for more than 3 days after the applicant for the admission asks for release, unless the admission status of the minor has been changed to an involuntary admission.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 59, § 11; 1982, ch. 21, § 2; 1991, ch. 31.