37.91.402 PRIVILEGES OF FULL MENTAL HEALTH CERTIFICATION (1) A professional person with full mental health certification is qualified to: (a) approve applications for voluntary admissions to mental health facilities; (b) participate as a mental health professional person in involuntary commitments and recommitments to mental health facilities; (c) concur in the emergency detention of a person believed to be seriously mentally ill; (d) order the discharge of a patient during, or at the end of, the initial commitment period; (e) request a court-ordered release to alternative treatment; (f) request a conditional release from a mental health facility; (g) request the readmission of a conditionally released patient; (h) review and initial, within 24 hours, summaries of extraordinary incidents involving patients; (i) supervise approved training programs and clinical competency evaluations; and (j) perform all the privileges specified in ARM 37.91.407. (2) Mental health facilities may impose stricter standards than those in ARM 37.91.401 when defining staff privileges. History: 53-21-106, MCA; IMP, 53-21-106, MCA; NEW, 1986 MAR p. 260, Eff. 2/28/86; AMD, 1992 MAR p. 1485, Eff. 7/17/92; TRANS, from DOC, 1998 MAR p. 2039; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 503, Eff. 3/14/14. |