Arizona Laws 36-540.02. Transfer of a person with a grave disability without a guardian from a mental health treatment agency to another health care facility
A. A person who does not have a guardian under Section 14-5312.01 and who has been found by the court to have a grave disability and ordered to undergo treatment pursuant to this article may receive care in another health care institution licensed by the department during the course of the person’s court-ordered treatment in accordance with administration rules.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-540.02
- Administration: means the Arizona health care cost containment system administration. See Arizona Laws 36-501
- Court: means the superior court in the county in this state in which the patient resides or was found before screening or emergency admission under this title. See Arizona Laws 36-501
- Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-501
- Director: means the director of the administration. See Arizona Laws 36-501
- Grave disability: means a condition evidenced by behavior in which a person, as a result of a mental disorder, is likely to come to serious physical harm or serious illness because the person is unable to provide for the person's own basic physical needs. See Arizona Laws 36-501
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Mental health treatment agency: means any of the following:
(a) The state hospital. See Arizona Laws 36-501
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
B. The director shall adopt rules pertaining to persons described in subsection A of this section to provide for their alternative care in another health care institution licensed by the department during the course of court-ordered treatment. The rules shall allow transfer of patients from a mental health treatment agency to another health care institution, transfer from one such institution to another and return to a mental health treatment agency.