| The commissioner, at the commissioner's discretion, may extend |
the limits of the place of confinement of a client by allowing |
the client, under prescribed conditions, to visit a specifically |
designated place, within or without the State, for a period not |
exceeding 15 days and return to the same or another institution |
or facility.__This period may be renewed at the discretion of the |
commissioner.__The leave may be granted only to permit a visit to |
a dying spouse or natural or adoptive mother, father, son, |
daughter, grandfather or grandmother, grandchild, brother or |
sister; attendance at the funeral of a spouse or natural or |
adoptive mother, father, son, daughter, grandfather or |
grandmother, grandchild, brother or sister; the obtaining of |
medical services not otherwise available; or the contacting of |
prospective employers or for a compelling reason consistent with |
rehabilitation.__A client who fails to return from the leave as |
provided under the prescribed conditions is guilty of the crime |
of escape. |