Section He-M 613.07 - Discharge Pursuant to IEA(a) Pursuant to RSA 135-C:32, if a person is admitted on an involuntary, emergency basis, such involuntary confinement shall be limited to a 10-day period, not including Saturdays and Sundays, unless a petition requesting the probate court to issue an order of involuntary admission is filed within the 10-day period. Subsequent to the filing of such petition, confinement shall continue only until issuance of the probate court order or until such time as is specified in that order.(b) Pursuant to RSA 135-C:33, any person involuntarily admitted on an emergency basis shall be granted absolute discharge by the superintendent or his or her designee if the superintendent determines that the person no longer meets the criteria for admission identified in RSA 135-C:27.(c) Absolute discharge shall be made according to the following: (1) NHH shall notify the CMHP in the region from which the person was admitted and the region to which the person was discharged, unless the discharge was pursuant to a finding in court of no probable cause;(2) NHH shall issue written notice to the person discharged and his or her legal guardian, if applicable, that notification pursuant to (1) above was made; and(3) NHH shall arrange or provide transportation of the person to his or her in-state destination of choice unless the person chooses to provide his or her own transportation.N.H. Admin. Code § He-M 613.07
#4838, eff 6-15-90, EXPIRED: 6-15-96
New. #7050, eff 6-29-99, EXPIRED: 6-29-07
New. #9191, eff 6-26-08
Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 41, Filed October 13, 2016, Proposed by #11183, Effective 9/20/2016, Expires 9/20/2026.