Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title22 HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL. |
Title2 MENTAL HEALTH. |
Chapter52. COMMITMENT, DISCHARGE AND TRANSFER OF PERSONS IN STATE INSTITUTIONS. |
Article3. Admission, Discharge and Transfer of Mentally Retarded in State Institutions. |
§22-52-57. Discharge and leave.
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The superintendent of any institution shall, as frequently as practicable, examine or cause to be examined, every individual in his institution and, whenever he determines any individual to be no longer in need of institutionalization, may discharge him, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the department or, whenever he determines that conditions are favorable to the continued rehabilitation of said individual, may place him on leave for such time and under such conditions as the superintendent may prescribe.