ARM 37.106.2039. DISCHARGE PROCEDURES

(1) The facility shall develop and implement discharge and transfer criteria for discharging a client from the secured setting. At the end of the detention the facility must: (a) discharge the patient; (b) refer the patient to a licensed nonsecured inpatient stabilization program; (c) refer the patient to outpatient treatment; or (d) transfer the client to an appropriate level of acute in-patient treatment. (2) The facility must ensure in-patient care is available through a critical access hospital or hospital transfer agreement for clients in need of an acute level of medical treatment.