Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Except
as otherwise provided in rules codified in this Chapter and Chapters 26 through
29 of this Title and except for State-wide programs and cross-regional
admissions approved by the Division Director based upon the clinical need of
the individual or for the purpose of accessing available beds or services, a
person seeking admission to a regional institution of the Division shall be
admitted only to the institution which serves the region of the state which
includes the person's "county of residence" as defined in
G.S.
122C-3.
(b) For state operated hospitals and
developmental centers, the regions of the state and the counties which
constitute the regions are as follows:
(1)
Western Region: Broughton Hospital, and J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center
shall serve Alleghany, Alexander, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus,
Caldwell, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Davidson, Gaston, Graham,
Haywood, Henderson, Iredell, Jackson, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell,
Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Polk, Rowan, Rutherford, Stanly, Surry, Swain,
Transylvania, Union, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, and Yancey County;
(2) Central Region: Central Regional
Hospital, Murdoch Developmental Center, Whitaker Psychiatric Residential
Treatment Program (PRTF), and Wright School shall serve Alamance, Anson,
Caswell, Chatham, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Granville, Guilford,
Halifax, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph,
Richmond, Rockingham, Stokes, Vance, Wake, and Warren County; and
(3) Eastern Region: Cherry Hospital and,
Caswell Developmental Center shall serve Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick,
Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare,
Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Hertford, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir,
Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender,
Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and
Wilson County.
(c) For
state-operated Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Centers (ADATCs) the regions of
the state and the counties which constitute the regions are as follows:
(1) Western Region: Julian F. Keith ADATC
shall serve Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke,
Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie,
Forsyth, Gaston, Graham, Guilford, Haywood, Henderson, Iredell, Jackson,
Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Montgomery, Polk,
Randolph, Rowan, Rutherford, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Union,
Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, and Yancey County;
(2) Eastern Region: Walter B. Jones ADATC
shall serve Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret,
Caswell, Chatham, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare,
Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Granville, Greene, Halifax,
Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Martin, Moore,
Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender,
Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Sampson, Scotland,
Tyrrell, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson County.
Authority
G.S.
122C-3;
143B-147;
Eff.
February 1, 1976;
Amended Eff. June 1, 2009; April 1, 1990; July 1,
1983;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. August 24,
2019.
