Section Cor 410.02 - Secure Psychiatric Unit (SPU) Assignments(a) A resident shall be a candidate for transfer to the (SPU) if the resident is: (1) Classified at level BH-5, a behavioral health score of 5, and is a danger to self or others;(2) Observed by a behavioral health clinician engaging in behavior that would qualify the resident for reclassification to level BH-5 and is dangerous to self or others;(3) Certified by a psychiatric provider as needing management or treatment in a secure psychiatric facility; or(4) Ordered transferred by the superior court of the sentencing jurisdiction.(b) If a court order is issued, delivery of a copy of the order to the administrator of SPU shall initiate the transfer.(c) Whenever any of the necessary criteria listed in section (a), above are met, the administrator of the behavioral health unit or designee, in consultation with the administrator of SPU, shall initiate proceedings by completing and submitting to the SPU a "Transfer of a Person Under Departmental Control to the Secure Psychiatric Unit for Behavioral Health Treatment Services Pursuant to RSA 623:1" form, (Rev. 02/2018).(d) The completed transfer form shall be forwarded to the SPU prior to the transfer of the resident so that admission arrangements can be made.(e) If a person in the custody of the commissioner needs emergency treatment and requires immediate transfer to the SPU, the due process review shall occur within 24 hours following the transfer, and shall be executed as outlined within Cor 504.07.(f) A resident who agrees to be transferred to the SPU shall sign the form in (c) above.N.H. Admin. Code § Cor 410.02
Derived from Volume XXXIX Number 24, Filed June 13, 2019, Proposed by #12777, Effective 5/11/2019, Expires 5/11/2029.