Section R. 330.10014 - Voluntary hospitalization of a locally incarcerated personRule 10014.
(1) A person who wishes voluntary hospitalization for mental health services and who is incarcerated in a place of detention operated by a political subdivision of the state shall give notice of the desire for transfer to the personnel operating the place of detention.(2) The detention official charged with the care and custody of such an incarcerated person, or that official's designees, shall assist in the preparation of a written evaluation report by a physician or a mental health professional of the local community mental health program. The report shall contain a statement of all of the following: (a) The incarcerated person's desire for voluntary hospitalization and the person's ability to consent.(b) The incarcerated person's current legal status and potential for dangerousness.(c) The mental health status and the mental health service needs of the incarcerated person.(d) The services currently available to the person at the place of detention.(3) If a community mental health program has a signed service integration agreement covering inpatient services for the type of mental health services needed by the incarcerated person, the determination of the need for hospitalization, clinical suitability, and the means of admission shall be pursuant to that agreement and the accompanying procedure agreements.(4) If a community mental health program does not exist or if the program does not have a signed service integration agreement covering inpatient services, the report shall be forwarded to the regional department of mental health hospital or center for developmental disabilities for immediate preadmission examination and screening.(5) If an incarcerated person requests hospitalization, but is also in need of the most restrictive and highly structured hospital setting which is not available at the regionally designated hospital or center for developmental disabilities, the report and the incarcerated person shall be transported to the center for forensic psychiatry for preadmission screening.Mich. Admin. Code R. 330.10014