Okla. Admin. Code § 450:30-9-3.1

Current through Vol. 42, No. 8, January 2, 2025

Section 450:30-9-3.1 - Voluntary formal and informal admissions to a state-operated inpatient psychiatric unit

The executive director of the state-operated inpatient unit may receive and retain as a consumer, when there are available accommodations, any person eighteen (18) years of age or older, who voluntarily makes a written application for inpatient treatment.

(1) Any person presenting to a state-operated inpatient psychiatric unit for voluntary admission shall be evaluated by a licensed mental health professional, as defined by 43A O.S. §1-103 (11), who is employed by the state-operated inpatient psychiatric unit to determine that the requested admission is appropriate in accordance with the facility's admission criteria. If the licensed mental health professional determines that admission is necessary and an appropriate referral by a community mental health center has not been made, the licensed mental health professional will, when feasible, seek consent from the person making application for admission to contact the local community mental health center to discuss the admission of the consumer and review options for consideration in lieu of admission to the facility.

(2) A person being admitted to the state-operated inpatient psychiatric unit on a voluntary status must be able to grant consent for the admission. The licensed mental health professional shall ensure that the person signing the request for voluntary admission is competent to grant consent. If the person is unable or not competent to give consent, then the individual may be admitted through the civil involuntary commitment process.

(3) An individual presenting for voluntary admission with pending criminal charges against him or her shall not be admitted if he or she is confined in a jail or adult lock-up facility.

(4) An individual formally admitted on a voluntary basis to the state-operated inpatient psychiatric unit shall not be detained for a period exceeding one hundred twenty (120) hours, excluding weekends and holidays, from receipt of notice of the consumer's desire to leave such inpatient treatment facility.

(5) An individual informally admitted on a voluntary basis (without a written application) may leave the facility on any day between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and at such other times as the executive director of the facility may determine.

(6) The state-operated inpatient psychiatric unit shall refer, with appropriate signed consent by the individual, persons who do not meet the criteria for admission and are refused admission to an appropriate agency or service. Appropriate documentation of the referral and reason for the non-admission shall be made.

Okla. Admin. Code § 450:30-9-3.1

Added at 20 Ok Reg 2146, eff 7-1-03; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 1086, eff 7-1-04; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1014, eff 7-1-10

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 41, Issue 22, August 1, 2024, eff. 9/1/2024