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§43A-8-102.
§43A-8-102.
(A) As used in this act, private hospital or institution means any
general hospital maintaining a neuropsychiatric unit or ward, or any
private hospital or sanitarium for care and treatment of mentally ill
persons, which is not supported by state or federal governments,
except that the term shall include the Oklahoma Memorial Hospital
Neuro-psychiatric Unit. The term shall not include nursing homes or
other facilities maintained primarily for the care of aged and infirm
persons.
(B) Mentally ill person means any person as so defined by the
provisions of the Mental Health Law.
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