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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 450. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services |
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Chapter 30. Standards and Criteria For State-Operated Inpatient Services |
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Subchapter 9. Role of State-Operated Inpatient Psychiatric Units |
SECTION 450:30-9-4. Community Mental Health Center referrals
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- 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.