RSA 135-C:49 Discharge by Administrator.

Title: X - PUBLIC HEALTH Chapter: 135-C - NEW HAMPSHIRE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEM

I. When a person has been involuntarily admitted to a receiving facility pursuant to RSA 135-C:34-54, or conditionally discharged pursuant to paragraph IV of this section, the clinical staff of the receiving facility where the person has most recently received treatment may recommend to the administrator of the facility an absolute discharge for the person if the clinical staff determines that the person does not require the acute level of treatment available at the receiving facility.
II. The administrator, with the consent of the chief administrator of the state mental health services system or designee, shall have discretion to grant the absolute discharge based on the recommendation of the clinical staff; provided, that the examination upon which the recommendation was mad

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