N.H. Admin. Code § He-M 405.07

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section He-M 405.07 - Criteria and Procedures for Medical Transfer

(a) Non-medically related transfer from a DRF to another facility shall be conducted in accordance with He-M 612.

(b) An involuntarily admitted client shall be transferred to an acute care hospital only if the following conditions apply:

(1) The client has acute, non-psychiatric, medical needs requiring treatment which cannot be provided at the DRF;

(2) The acute care hospital to which the client is to be transferred can provide the treatment that the client requires; and

(3) The transfer has been approved by the client, the client's legal guardian if the guardian has been granted decision-making authority regarding medical care, or the division for children, youth and families if that division has custody of a client who is a minor.

(c) A medical transfer may occur without the approval in (b)(3) above if a physician has determined that a personal safety emergency exists pursuant to He-M 305.03.

(d) The order for IEA shall remain in effect for a person who is transferred from a DRF for medical treatment.

(e) If a client is being transferred under (a) and (b) above, and the client, the client's legal guardian, or the division for children, youth and families, if that division has custody of a client who is a minor, objects to the transfer, the challenge shall be treated as a client complaint in accordance with He-M 204. Except as provided in (c) above, such a transfer shall not occur until the complaint has been resolved.

N.H. Admin. Code § He-M 405.07

#1806, eff 9-7-81; amd by #2104, eff 8-1-82; ss by #2579, Emergency, eff 1-10-84, EXPIRED, 5-11-84

New. #2712, eff 5-16-84, EXPIRED, 5-16-90

New. #5323, eff 1-31-92; ss by #5432, eff 7-1-92; ss by #5581, eff 2-12-93, EXPIRED, 2-12-99

New. #7051, eff 6-29-99, EXPIRED: 6-29-07

New. #10389, INTERIM, eff 8-1-13, EXPIRES: 1-28-14; ss by #10516, eff 1-28-14 (from He-M 405.06 )

Amended by Volume XLII Number 2, Filed January 13, 2022, Proposed by #13299, Effective 12/2/2021, Expires 12/2/2031