Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part III - Mental Health Services
Chapter 5 - Standards for Community Mental Health
Subchapter A - Centers and Clinics
Section III-513 - Continuity of Care

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code III-513

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Any person eligible for treatment within one element of services shall also be eligible for treatment within any other element of service.

B. Any patient within anyone element shall be transferred to any other element whenever such transfer is indicated by the patient's clinical needs.

C. Clinical information concerning a patient obtained within one element shall be made available to those responsible for that patient's treatment within any other element.

D. Those responsible for a patient's care within one element should, when practicable, continue to care for that patient within any of the other elements.

E. These requirements shall be met when the element of service is provided by an affiliate in the same manner as when the facility provides the services.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with PL 94 :63, the Community Mental Health Centers' Act of 1975 and R.S.1950, Title 28, §203.

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