§43A-7-107.

§43A-7-107.
   
   When an institution within the department has a patient leave without
   permission, or escape, the superintendent of the institution shall so
   notify some relative of the patient, or, in the event the patient has
   been admitted in accordance with the a court order, the judge of the
   court ordering the patient to the hospital. Should a patient, other
   than one admitted in accordance with a court order, absent from the
   hospital without permission, not cause trouble in the community to
   which he goes, he may be discharged or given convalescent leave at the
   discretion of, and by, the superintendent of the hospital. Any other
   patient, escaped or absent without permission, who has to be returned
   to the hospital shall be returned by the relatives or friends or, in
   the event of their failure to return the escaped individual, it shall
   be the responsibility and duty of officers of the county wherein the
   individual is present to apprehend said individual and return the
   patient to the appropriate institution. In addition, it shall be the
   duty of any municipal law enforcement officer to directly return such
   patient if the institution is located within the boundaries of the
   governmental entity employing the officer. The governmental entity
   employing the law enforcement officers shall reimburse said officers
   for necessary travel expense as provided by law.