<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 27A-14-2 - Discharge of involuntary patient on changed behavior. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2051304Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2051304SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051304CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2051304Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2051304DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051304000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051304SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051304SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2051304Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=27A-14-2"><span class="s2051304SENU">27A-14-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051304SENU">. </span><span class="s2051304CL">Discharge of involuntary patient on changed behavior.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051304Normal-000000"><span class="s2051304DefaultParagraphFont">A patient involuntarily committed shall be discharged when, in the opinion of the administrator, or facility director, or if the person is not committed to an inpatient psychiatric facility, the director of the program, the patient no longer meets the commitment criteria.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051304Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051304000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051304Normal"><span class="s2051304SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051304SCL-000002"> SL 1975, ch 181, § 131; SDCL Supp, § 27-10-2.2; SL 1991, ch 220, § 276.</span></p></div></body></html>