Transfer to Inpatient Care

(a)The procedures used to determine whether a patient under an assisted treatment order who is on outpatient status should be placed in inpatient care are the same as those for initial placement in assisted treatment.

(b)A patient who meets the criteria for emergency treatment shall immediately be given care in an inpatient facility, but a hearing is still necessary to confirm this transfer to inpatient status. COL622016 CH. 82A ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT

(c)At the hearing, the court shall order the patient’s transfer to or continued placement in inpatient care, depending on his or her status pending the hearing, if such treatment setting is the least restrictive form that will meet the patient’s clinical needs.

(d)A patient’s failure to comply with an order for assisted treatment while in the community may be used as evidence that outpatient placement is not an appropriate treatment setting for that individual. 2015 SOURCE: Subsection designations added pursuant to authority granted by 1 GCA § 1606. ---------ARTICLE 10 REVIEW OF STATUS