RCW 71.34.510
Notice to parents of adolescent voluntarily admitted to inpatient treatment—When required—Duties of professional person in charge—Form of notice.
(1) The professional person in charge of an evaluation and treatment facility shall provide notice to the parent of an adolescent when the adolescent is voluntarily admitted to inpatient treatment under RCW 71.34.500 solely for mental health treatment and not for substance use disorder treatment, unless the professional person has a compelling reason to believe that such disclosure would be detrimental to the adolescent or contact cannot be made, in which case the professional person must document the reasons in the adolescent's medical record.
(2) The professional person in charge of an evaluation and treatment facility or an approved substance use disorder treatment program shall provide notice to the parent of an adolescent voluntarily admitted to inpatient treatment under RCW 71.34.500 for substance use disorder treatment only if: (a) The adolescent provides written consent to the disclosure of the fact of admission and such other substance use disorder treatment information in the notice; or (b) permitted by federal law.
(3) If the professional person withholds notice to a parent under subsection (1) of this section, or such notice cannot be provided, the professional person in charge of the facility must consult the information that the Washington state patrol makes publicly available under RCW 43.43.510(2) at least once every eight hours for the first seventy-two hours of treatment and once every twenty-four hours thereafter while the adolescent continues to receive inpatient services and until the time that the professional person contacts a parent of the adolescent. If the adolescent is publicly listed as missing, the professional person must immediately notify the department of children, youth, and families of its contact with the youth listed as missing. The notification must include a description of the adolescent's physical and emotional condition.
(4) The notice required under subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall be in the form most likely to reach the parent within twenty-four hours of the adolescent's voluntary admission and shall advise the parent: (a) That the adolescent has been admitted to inpatient treatment; (b) of the location and telephone number of the facility providing such treatment; (c) of the name of a professional person on the staff of the facility providing treatment who is designated to discuss the adolescent's need for inpatient treatment with the parent; and (d) of the medical necessity for admission. Notification efforts under subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall begin as soon as reasonably practicable, considering the adolescent's immediate medical needs.
[ 2019 c 381 § 4; 1998 c 296 § 15. Formerly RCW 71.34.044.]
NOTES:
Short title—2019 c 381: See note following RCW 71.34.500.
Findings—Intent—Part headings not law—Short title—1998 c 296: See notes following RCW 74.13.025.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 71.34 - Behavioral Health Services for Minors.
71.34.300 - Evaluation and treatment program for minors—Authority's responsibility.
71.34.305 - Notice to parents, school contacts for referring students to inpatient treatment.
71.34.310 - Jurisdiction over proceedings under chapter—Venue.
71.34.315 - Mental health commissioners—Authority.
71.34.320 - Transfer of superior court proceedings to juvenile department.
71.34.325 - Court proceedings under chapter subject to rules of state supreme court.
71.34.330 - Attorneys appointed for minors—Compensation.
71.34.335 - Court records and files confidential—Availability.
71.34.351 - Delivery of minor to treatment facilities.
71.34.355 - Rights of minors undergoing treatment—Posting—Waiver—Presumption of incompetency.
71.34.356 - Possessions of minors undergoing treatment.
71.34.360 - No detention of minors after eighteenth birthday—Exceptions.
71.34.365 - Release of minor—Requirements.
71.34.375 - Family-initiated treatment—Notice to parents of available treatment options.
71.34.377 - Failure to notify parent or guardian of treatment options—Civil penalty.
71.34.379 - Notice to parent or guardian—Treatment options—Policy and protocol adoption—Report.
71.34.380 - Department, department of health, and authority to adopt rules to effectuate chapter.
71.34.385 - Uniform application of chapter—Training for designated crisis responders.
71.34.390 - Redirection of Title XIX funds to fund placements within the state.
71.34.395 - Availability of treatment does not create right to obtain public funds.
71.34.400 - Eligibility for medical assistance under chapter 74.09 RCW—Payment by authority.
71.34.405 - Liability for costs of minor's treatment and care—Rules.
71.34.406 - Liability of costs of minor's treatment—Involuntary detention—Rules.
71.34.410 - Liability for performance of duties under this chapter limited.
71.34.415 - Judicial services—Civil commitment cases—Reimbursement.
71.34.420 - Evaluation and treatment services—Unavailability—Single bed certification.
71.34.440 - Detention of minors—Permission to leave facility.
71.34.530 - Outpatient treatment of adolescent.
71.34.640 - Evaluation of treatment of adolescents.
71.34.660 - Limitation on liability for admitting or accepting adolescent.
71.34.670 - "Appropriately trained professional person" defined by rule.
71.34.680 - Data collection and tracking system for adolescents receiving treatment.
71.34.700 - Evaluation of adolescent brought for immediate inpatient treatment—Temporary detention.
71.34.705 - Evaluation of adolescent brought for immediate inpatient treatment—Considerations.
71.34.706 - Evaluation of adolescent brought for immediate inpatient treatment—Considerations.
71.34.730 - Petition for fourteen-day commitment—Requirements.
71.34.735 - Commitment hearing—Continuance or postponement.
71.34.740 - Commitment hearing—Requirements—Findings by court—Commitment—Release.
71.34.755 - Less restrictive alternative treatment—Requirements.
71.34.770 - Release of minor—Conditional release—Discharge.
71.34.905 - Rule making—Access to files and records of court proceedings.
71.34.910 - Appearance by video technology.
71.34.915 - Authority outreach—Law and policy communication—Accessibility.
71.34.918 - Authority outreach—Parent portal—Report to legislature.