Applicability

(1) For patients aged 16 or older, who have a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, this chapter applies to: (a) Application for voluntary admission to or discharge from a hospital or inpatient treatment resource; (b) After voluntary or involuntary admission to a hospital or inpatient treatment resource, determination of the patient’s capacity to make an informed decision regarding: 1. Inpatient mental health treatment, including use of psychotropic medication, 2. Release of information, 3. Request for information, or CAPACITY TO MAKE DECISIONS CHAPTER 0940-01-06 4. Treatment of a physical condition or illness in an inpatient psychiatric treatment setting.