A CSU must develop and implement written admission criteria
that:
(1) the CSU medical director approves;
(2) uniformly applies to all individuals;
(3) permits the voluntary admission of an individual
only if the following criteria are met:
(A) the individual is authorized to do so in accordance
with Texas Health and Safety Code §572.001;
(B) the individual has a mental illness or SED;
(C) the services provided in the CSU may reduce the
individual's acute symptoms; and
(D) the CSU provides clinically appropriate environmental
restrictions and levels of monitoring, described in §306.87 of
this subchapter (relating to Protection of an Individual Receiving
Crisis Stabilization Unit Services), that:
(i) ensures the safety of the individual; and
(ii) prevent the individual from causing serious harm
to self or others;
(4) prevents voluntary admission of an individual who:
(A) is not authorized to request admission in accordance
with Texas Health and Safety Code §572.00 or does not have the
capacity to consent to diagnosis, observation, care and treatment,
as determined by a physician;
(B) presents to the CSU for an emergency detention
preliminary examination, in accordance with Texas Health and Safety
Code §573; and
(C) presents to the CSU on an order of protective custody
or who has been committed to court-ordered inpatient mental health
treatment in accordance with Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter
574;
(5) prevents voluntary or involuntary admission of
an individual who:
(A) requires specialized care not available at the
CSU; or
(B) has a physical medical condition that is unstable
and could reasonably be expected to require immediate inpatient treatment
for the condition;
(6) allows temporary acceptance of an individual for
whom an emergency detention application is filed, or for whom a peace
officer has detained, by:
(A) temporarily accepting an individual for preliminary
examination for whom an application of detention has been filed initiating
an emergency detention proceeding in accordance with Texas Health
and Safety Code §573.021(a); or
(B) filing an application and obtaining a written order
of protective custody as part of an individual's evaluation for court-ordered
Inpatient Mental Health Services in accordance with Texas Health and
Safety Code Chapter 574, Subchapter B;
(7) includes a process for attempts to gain consent
for administration of psychoactive medications from an individual,
and an individual's LAR or adult caregiver, as required by applicable
law and rule.
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