North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 28 - MENTAL HEALTH, STATE OPERATED FACILITIES AND SERVICES
Subchapter I - OTHER RULES PERTAINING TO STATE OPERATED FACILITIES AND SERVICES
Section .0200 - PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Section 28I .0201 - SCOPE
The purpose of the rules in this Section is to set forth the procedures for obtaining adult protective services for clients in need of medical or surgical treatment who are residing in regional mental retardation centers, and regional psychiatric hospitals, and North Carolina Special Care Center of the Division, and who appear to be incompetent. These Rules do not apply to immediate life threatening disorders in which medical or surgical action can take place without consent pursuant to G.S. 90-21.13(3).
Authority
G.S.
108A-99 through
108A-111;
122C-57;
122C-61;
131-60.6;
143B-147;
Eff.
October 8, 1980;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1983;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. August 24,
2019.
