North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 26 - MENTAL HEALTH, GENERAL
Subchapter D - NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION: STANDARDS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION
Section .1200 - PROTECTIONS REGARDING CERTAIN PROCEDURES
Section 26D .1205 - VOLUNTARY REFERRALS AND TRANSFERS
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Non-emergency referrals shall be forwarded to the mental health or mental retardation professional designated to receive such referrals at the service delivery site to which the client is assigned.
(b) If the mental health or mental retardation professional determines that the client is in need of services provided at a residential or inpatient unit, the client shall be given:
(c) If the client agrees to a voluntary transfer to the specified residential or inpatient unit, he will be asked to give written consent, with witness by a member of the staff.
(d) If the client refuses to sign the form, yet verbally agrees, this fact must be documented by two witnesses prior to initiating the transfer to the mental health unit.
(e) The referring mental health or mental retardation professional shall complete the necessary referral forms and arrange for the client's transfer.
Authority
G.S.
148-19(d);
Eff.
January 4, 1994;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. June 20,
2015.
