N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 14 § 580.10

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 41, October 9, 2024

Section 580.10 - Community relations

(a) The unit shall integrate its services with other services of the hospital and with other relevant community services for purposes of providing comprehensive and coordinating care.

(b) The governing body shall assure the availability of necessary services not provided by the psychiatric inpatient unit itself. In determining necessity, the governing body shall take account of social work services, clinical laboratory services, special medical or surgical diagnostic or treatment services, integrated dual disorder services, psychiatric partial hospitalization, psychiatric outpatient services and rehabilitation services.

(c) The unit shall participate appropriately in local, areawide, regional and State planning related to treatment programs for persons with mental disabilities.

(d) Significant changes in the psychiatric hospital program shall take into account studies of needs and resources in the geographic area served by the psychiatric hospital.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 14 § 580.10