Section 9.19. Voluntary and informal admissions; notices  


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  • The  director  shall  cause  all  patients  admitted  as  voluntary or
      informal patients to be informed once during  each  one  hundred  twenty
      days  of  hospitalization  of  their  status and rights, including their
      right to avail themselves of the facilities of the mental hygiene  legal
      service.  At the time of such periodic notification, the written consent
      of  a  patient  to his continued stay as a voluntary or informal patient
      shall be obtained and a copy  thereof  shall  be  given  to  the  mental
      hygiene legal service.