Section 12-26-11-1 - Transfers; facilities to which transfers may be made; best interest of individual transferred or other patients The superintendent of a facility to which an individual was committed under IC 12-26-6 or IC 12-26-7 or to which the individual's commitment was transferred under this chapter, may transfer the commitment of the individual to:
(2) a community mental health center;(3) a community intellectual disability and other developmental disabilities center;(5) a psychiatric unit of a hospital licensed under IC 16-21;(6) a private psychiatric facility licensed under IC 12-25;(7) a community residential program for the developmentally disabled described in IC 12-11-1.1-1(e)(1) or IC 12-11-1.1-1(e)(2); or(8) an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IID) that is licensed under IC 16-28 and is not owned by the state; if the transfer is likely to be in the best interest of the individual or other patients.
Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-14-9.1-17(a) part.
Amended by P.L. 35-2016, SEC. 78, eff. 3/21/2016.Amended by P.L. 117-2015, SEC. 22, eff. 7/1/2015.As added by P.L. 2-1992, SEC.20. Amended by P.L. 2-1993, SEC.115; P.L. 24-1997, SEC.59; P.L. 272-1999, SEC.47.