ADMISSION:

ADMISSION: A. Psychiatric Services 1. Voluntary: a. Applications for voluntary admission to all programs will be accepted from the following: (1) Persons over eighteen (18) years of age, or married persons, who have not been adjudicated incompetent; (2) Legal guardians or conservators of persons over eighteen (18) years of age, or under the age of fourteen (14); and (3) Parents of individuals under the age of fourteen (14). b. No application for voluntary admission will be accepted from or on behalf of an individual fourteen (14) years of age or older, but younger than age eighteen (18). c. Application for voluntary admission shall be accompanied by certificates of two (2) physicians, or one (1) physician and one (1) psychologist, nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant who shall certify that they have examined the person within the last five days and that such person is in need of observation, diagnosis, and treatment. 2. Involuntary: a. A court order as provided in Sections 41-21-61, et seq., or 43-21-314, et seq., shall be required for involuntary admission. b. No person shall be admitted with unresolved felony charges pending. c. Admission pursuant to Court Order shall be accompanied by the Affidavit, Pre-Screening evaluation by the appropriate community mental health center, certificates of two (2) physicians, or one (1) physician and one (1) psychologist, nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant, and Court Order. d. Eligibility for admission cannot be determined without the documents listed in above. B. Nursing Home Nursing home programs which are licensed and certified to participate in Medicaid and Medicare are available at East Mississippi State Hospital and Mississippi State Hospital. Admissions may not exceed rated capacity. Intensive psychiatric services are not available. The standard of dangerousness required for judicial commitment renders nursing home placement pursuant to a court order inappropriate. Individuals eligible for admission may be placed on a waiting list as provided below. C. Substance Use Disorder Programs Programs may be available for the treatment of substance use disorder at Mississippi State Hospital. Admission may be sought voluntarily or as provided in Sections 41-31-1, et seq. However, no person will be admitted to the psychiatric service at the hospital pending the availability of bed space in the substance use disorder unit. Individuals eligible for admission for whom no bed is available may be placed on a waiting list as provided below. D. Forensic Services: Individuals against whom criminal charges are pending and for whom a psychiatric examination has been ordered by the Circuit Court may be admitted only to the Forensic Unit at Mississippi State Hospital.