A hospital may provide inpatient mental health treatment to
an involuntary patient after the patient is eligible for discharge,
as described in §568.84 of this chapter (relating to Discharge
of an Involuntary Patient), if before the provision of such treatment:
(1) the hospital obtains written consent for voluntary
inpatient mental health treatment that meets the requirements of a
request for voluntary admission, as described in §568.22(a) of
this subchapter (relating to Voluntary Admission); and
(2) the patient's treating physician:
(A) examines the patient; and
(B) based on that examination, issues an order for
voluntary inpatient mental health treatment that meets the requirements
of §568.22(i) of this subchapter.
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