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Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 450 - Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse ServicesChapter 30 - Standards and Criteria For State-Operated Inpatient Services
Subchapter 9 - Role of State-Operated Inpatient Psychiatric Units
Section 450:30-9-4 - Community Mental Health Center referrals

Okla. Admin. Code § 450:30-9-4

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Current through Vol. 42, No. 8, January 2, 2025
Section 450:30-9-4 - Community Mental Health Center referrals

The state-operated inpatient psychiatric unit shall develop procedures by which referrals for admission to the unit are accepted from community mental health centers, provided a signed consent for release of information is secured from the consumer. Conditions under which a state-operated inpatient psychiatric unit may accept a referral from a community mental health center are as follows:

(1) The consumer shall meet admission criteria as defined in 450:30-9-3 and 450:30-9-3.1; and
(2) The CMHC shall have no local inpatient psychiatric unit capacity either of its own or a contracted for inpatient service; or
(3) When the environment at the local inpatient psychiatric unit is deemed unsafe.

Okla. Admin. Code § 450:30-9-4

Added at 10 Ok Reg 1857, eff 6-1-93; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2146, eff 7-1-03