202B.021 Voluntary admission to an ICF/MR -- Discharge of voluntarily admitted resident -- Release of voluntarily admitted resident upon written request. - Kentucky Statutes

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202B.021 Voluntary admission to an ICF/MR -- Discharge of voluntarily admitted resident -- Release of voluntarily admitted resident upon written request. (1) Mentally retarded minors and adult persons may be voluntarily admitted for care and treatment in an ICF/MR under the applicable provisions of this section. (2) Upon the recommendation or approval of the interdisciplinary team of an ICF/MR, a physician may admit for care and treatment a mentally retarded minor upon
application of a parent or guardian. Upon recommendation or approval of the
interdisciplinary team of an ICF/MR, the physician may also admit an individual
with mental retardation who applies voluntarily therefor and who, in the opinion of
the physician, possesses the mental capacity to give informed consent for
admission. (3) Upon recommendation or approval of the interdisciplinary team of an ICF/MR, the physician shall discharge any voluntarily admitted resident whose care and
treatment in the ICF/MR is determined to be no longer necessary or advisable. (4) If an adult resident who has been admitted voluntarily requests his or her release in writing, or if the release of a minor resident is requested in writing by the minor's
parent or guardian, the resident shall be released unless further detained under the
applicable provisions of this chapter. Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 195, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 142, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts
ch. 147, sec. 4, effective July 13, 1990.