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 .0700 - ADMISSION OF DEAF CLIENTS TO STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFER OF DEAF CLIENTS TO DOROTHEA DIX HOSPITAL
Section 28F .0703 - ADMISSION OF DEAF CLIENTS TO STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS
Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 28F .0703
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Except for Dorothea Dix Hospital, upon admission of a deaf client to a State psychiatric hospital, the hospital shall adhere to the following procedures:
(1)
within 24 hours, the responsible professional designated by the hospital
director shall notify the Regional Adult Coordinator of Mental Health Services
for the Deaf to arrange an assessment of the deaf client;
(2) within 60 hours of notification by the
hospital, the Regional Adult Coordinator shall perform the assessment which
shall become part of the primary client record and shall include, but not be
limited to:
(A) an evaluation of the deaf
client's language and communication abilities;
(B) cultural and social
information;
(C) clinical
impression; and
(D)
recommendations.
(b) Each State psychiatric hospital that admits a deaf client shall be responsible for obtaining and providing interpreter services from the time of admission until the client is transferred.
Authority
G.S.
122C-206;
143B-147;
Eff. March
1, 1995;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. August 24,
2019.
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