Any citation, order or process required by law to be served on a patient of a facility within the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall be served only by the executive director in charge thereof or by someone designated by the executive director. Return thereof to the court from which the same issued shall be made by the person making such service, and such service and return shall have the same force and effect as if it had been made by the sheriff of the county.

Added by Laws 1953, HB 846, p. 171, § 97, emerg. eff. June 3, 1953. Renumbered from § 97 by Laws 1986, HB 2021, c. 103, § 103, eff. November 1, 1986; Amended by Laws 2003, HB 1266, c. 46, § 29, emerg. eff. April 8, 2003 (superseded document available).