Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-22-721

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R9-22-721 - Behavioral Health Inpatient Facilities

"Behavioral health inpatient facility" means a health care institution, other than Arizona State Hospital, that meets the following requirements:

1. Provides continuous treatment to an individual experiencing a behavioral health issue that causes the individual to:

a. Have a limited or reduced ability to meet the individual's basic physical needs;

b. Suffer harm that significantly impairs the individual's judgment, reason, behavior, or capacity to recognize reality;

c. Be a danger to self;

d. Be a danger to others;

e. Be persistently or acutely disabled as defined in A.R.S. & § 36-501; or

f. Be gravely disabled; and

2. Is one of the following facility types:

a. Psychiatric hospitals;

b. Mental health residential treatment centers;

c. Secure residential treatment centers with 17 or more beds;

d. Non-secure residential treatment centers with 1-16 beds;

e. Non-secure residential treatment centers with 17 or more beds;

f. Sub-acute facilities with 1-16 beds;

g. Sub-acute facilities with 17 or more beds.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-22-721

Adopted by final rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 3120, effective 10/1/2019.