Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-15-709. Discharge of person committed

(a) The superintendent of the institution to which a person has been committed under this subchapter may discharge the person so committed upon signing and placing among the records of the institution a statement that the person has obeyed the rules and regulations of the institution and that for the reasons set forth in the statement, in his or her judgment the person may be discharged without danger to the health and life of others.

(b) The superintendent of the institution shall report each discharge with a full statement of reasons therefor at once to the Secretary of the Department of Health, to the county health officer of the county where the person was committed, and to the clerk of the court from which the person was committed.