Section 34-22-36 - Commitment to state institution or jail of tubercular refusing hospitalization--Transfer to hospital or home.
34-22-36. Commitment to state institution or jail of tubercular refusing hospitalization--Transfer to hospital or home. If such person as described in § 34-22-34 fails to obey any order of the court or if there is no facility available for the commitment of such person, the court may with the approval of the appropriate department head, commit such person to any state institution under the executive branch's control and supervision until such time as a physician or the secretary of health or his agent determines that such person may safely be cared for at a private hospital or in his home or that the person is no longer in an infectious state or endangers the persons around him. Similarly, the court may commit such person temporarily to a county jail. In either event, the secretary may, with the approval of the court, authorize the transfer of such person at any time to a private hospital or his home.
Source: SL 1968, ch 119, § 3; SL 1989, ch 21, § 161.