North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 28 - MENTAL HEALTH, STATE OPERATED FACILITIES AND SERVICES
Subchapter F - ADMISSION AND DISCHARGE
Section .0200 - VOLUNTARY ADMISIONS, INVOLUNTARY COMMITEMENTS AND DISCHARGES OF ADULTS FROM REGIONAL PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS
Section 28F .0205 - WRITTEN EVALUATION BY AREA PROGRAM
Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 28F .0205
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Area program staff shall evaluate each individual prior to authorization and referral to the hospital unless G.S. 122C-262 applies.
(b) The evaluation shall be in writing and shall include the following:
(1) identifying
information, e.g., client's full name (including maiden name), address,
birthdate, race;
(2) referral
source;
(3) presenting
problem;
(4) if available,
medications and pertinent medical and psychiatric information, including the
DSM-IV diagnoses, history of treatment, side effects, allergies, last injection
date, recent laboratory work;
(5)
name, address and phone number of legally responsible person and next of kin,
if applicable;
(6) legal charges
pending, if applicable; and
(7)
name and telephone number of the area program staff members to contact for
further information including staff to call after regular working
hours.
(c) The evaluation shall accompany the individual to the hospital.
Authority
G.S.
122C-53(a);
122C-55(a);
143B-147;
Eff.
February 1, 1989;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1996; March 1,
1990;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. August 24,
2019.
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