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If he hasn't been declared incompetent, generally yes. If he has been advised for medical reasons not to leave, he is going against medical advice (the so-called AMA) and will have to sign a form acknowledging he has been given reasons to remain but is declining to do so. Obviously this is a liability issue.

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