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Revised Code of Washington (RCW) (Last Updated: August 9, 2016) |
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Title 72. STATE INSTITUTIONS |
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Chapter 72.23. Public and private facilities for mentally ill. |
Section 72.23.200. Persons under eighteen—Confinement in adult wards.
Latest version.
- No mentally ill person under the age of sixteen years shall be regularly confined in any ward in any state hospital which ward is designed and operated for the care of the mentally ill eighteen years of age or over. No person of the ages of sixteen and seventeen shall be placed in any such ward, when in the opinion of the superintendent such placement would be detrimental to the mental condition of such a person or would impede his or her recovery or treatment.[ 2012 c 117 § 468; 1971 ex.s. c 292 § 52; 1959 c 28 § 72.23.200. Prior: 1951 c 139 § 46; 1949 c 198 § 17; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 6953-17. Formerly RCW 71.02.550.]NOTES:Severability—1971 ex.s. c 292: See note following RCW 26.28.010.
2012 c 117 § 468; 1971 ex.s. c 292 § 52; 1959 c 28 § 72.23.200. Prior: 1951 c 139 § 46; 1949 c 198 § 17; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 6953-17. Formerly RCW 71.02.550.