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 .1400 - EMERGENCY SERVICES
Section 26D .1401 - SCOPE
Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 26D .1401
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The Department shall ensure that emergency mental health and mental retardation services are available to all inmates.
(b) Emergency services provide:
(1) immediate assessment and
intervention; and
(2) referral for
continuing care after emergency treatment, for inmates experiencing acute
emotional or behavioral problems.
(c) Emergency services consist of a variety of services which may include, but need not be limited to:
(1) crisis intervention;
(2) telephone crisis services; and
(3) medical and psychiatric
back-up.
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.
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