7 Alaska Admin. Code § 72.110

Current through September 25, 2024
Section 7 AAC 72.110 - Written agreements
(a) The administrator shall enter into a written agreement with each community mental health center served by the facility to provide for coordination and continuity of services related to the admission and discharge of patients receiving inpatient psychiatric care.
(b) An agreement under (a) of this section must state that the center, after being notified by the facility of a patient's discharge from the facility, will schedule an appointment at the center with the patient for
(1) clinical services within one week after a patient's discharge from the facility; and
(2) medication management services before depletion of any psychotropic medication dispensed or prescribed for a patient upon discharge, and that, whenever possible, medication management services are to include a psychiatric evaluation.
(c) If a single-point-of-entry psychiatric emergency facility is located in the area served by a designated facility, the designated facility shall, at a minimum, have in place with that other facility a memorandum of understanding that includes terms identical to those required under (b) of this section.

7 AAC 72.110

Eff. 3/30/85, Register 93; am 3/16/2001, Register 157

Authority:AS 47.30.660