§43A-5-309.

§43A-5-309.
   
   No patient admitted to a state mental hospital under the provisions of
   the Mental Hospital Voluntary Admission Procedures Act shall be
   detained in a mental hospital against his will more than sixty (60)
   days after he gives notice in writing to the superintendent of said
   hospital of his desire to be discharged from said hospital. The
   superintendent of the hospital may designate one or more employees of
   the institution to receive a notification provided by this section
   with the same effect as if delivered to the superintendent personally.