Scope

This chapter covers informed decisions that are needed to be made in an inpatient psychiatric treatment setting, including state-operated Regional Mental Health Institutes (RMHIs), private psychiatric hospitals, and psychiatric units of private general hospitals. This chapter does not cover outpatient services and does not cover services in an emergency room in a medical or surgical facility except for psychiatric admission to the facility. This chapter does not apply to any emergency that endangers a patient’s health or life.