Peace officer authorized to take absent resident into custody and return resident to ICF/ID
KRS 202B.280
in effect202B.280. Peace officer authorized to take absent resident into custody and return resident to ICF/ID
If a resident undergoing involuntary treatment on an inpatient basis is absent from the ICF/ID without or in excess of authorization from the ICF/ID staff, the person in charge or that person's designee may notify the appropriate sheriff or other peace officers who shall take the resident into custody and return the resident to the ICF/ID.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 59, effective July 12, 2012. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 147, sec. 27, effective July 13, 1990.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=40789Fetched: 10/20/2026
