RCW 71.34.520
Notice of intent to leave inpatient treatment by adolescent voluntarily admitted—Duties of receiving staff member—Time frame for discharge of adolescent.
(1) Any adolescent voluntarily admitted to an evaluation and treatment facility or approved substance use disorder treatment program under RCW 71.34.500 may give notice of intent to leave at any time. The notice need not follow any specific form so long as it is written and the intent of the adolescent can be discerned.
(2) The staff member receiving the notice shall date it immediately and record its existence in the adolescent's clinical record.
(a) If the evaluation and treatment facility is providing the adolescent solely with mental health treatment and not substance use disorder treatment, copies of the notice must be sent to the adolescent's attorney, if any, the designated crisis responders, and the parent.
(b) If the evaluation and treatment facility or substance use disorder treatment program is providing the adolescent with substance use disorder treatment, copies of the notice must be sent to the adolescent's attorney, if any, the designated crisis responders, and the parent only if: (i) The adolescent provides written consent to the disclosure of the adolescent's notice of intent to leave and such other substance use disorder information; or (ii) permitted by federal law.
(3) The professional person shall discharge the adolescent from the facility by the second judicial day following receipt of the adolescent's notice of intent to leave.
[ 2019 c 381 § 5; 2016 sp.s. c 29 § 262; 2003 c 106 § 1; 1998 c 296 § 16. Formerly RCW 71.34.046.]
NOTES:
Short title—2019 c 381: See note following RCW 71.34.500.
Effective dates—2016 sp.s. c 29: See note following RCW 71.05.760.
Short title—Right of action—2016 sp.s. c 29: See notes following RCW 71.05.010.
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.