Ind. Code § 12-7-2-151

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 12-7-2-151 - "Psychiatric hospital"

"Psychiatric hospital", for purposes of section 82 of this chapter, means any of the following:

(1) A state institution.

(2) A general hospital:

(A) licensed by the Indiana department of health; and

(B) that maintains and operates facilities for the observation, care, treatment, and detention of individuals who have a mental illness.

(3) A private psychiatric hospital licensed by the division of mental health and addiction.

IC 12-7-2-151

Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-14-9.1-1(g).

Amended by P.L. 56-2023,SEC. 83, eff. 7/1/2023.

As added by P.L. 2-1992, SEC.1. Amended by P.L. 215-2001, SEC.28; P.L. 99-2007, SEC.48.