15.19 – Voluntary Admissions; Encouragement Of.
§ 15.19 Voluntary admissions; encouragement of. (a) It shall be the duty of all state and local officers having duties to perform relating to persons with developmental disabilities to encourage any such person suitable therefor and in need of care and treatment for a developmental disability to apply for admission as a voluntary resident. (b) […]
15.01 – Definitions.
§ 15.01 Definitions. As used in this article: “in need of care and treatment” means that a person has a developmental disability and would benefit from care and treatment as a resident in a school. “in need of involuntary care and treatment” means that a person is in need of in-patient care and treatment as […]
15.03 – Admission to a School.
§ 15.03 Admission to a school. Unless otherwise specifically provided for by statute, a person with a developmental disability shall be admitted to a school as a resident only pursuant to the provisions of this article. The section of the mental hygiene law under which the resident is admitted or under which any change of […]
15.05 – Examining Physician or Psychologist and Medical Certificate.
§ 15.05 Examining physician or psychologist and medical certificate. (a) A person is disqualified from acting as an examining physician or psychologist in the following cases: 1. if he is a relative of the person applying for the admission or of the person alleged to have a developmental disability. 2. if he is a manager, […]
15.07 – Notice to All Residents of Their Rights and of the Availability of the Mental Hygiene Legal Service.
§ 15.07 Notice to all residents of their rights and of the availability of the mental hygiene legal service. (a) Immediately upon the admission of any resident to a school or upon his conversion to a different status, the director shall inform the resident in writing of his status, including the section of this chapter […]
15.09 – Notices to Mental Hygiene Legal Service Concerning Minors.
§ 15.09 Notices to mental hygiene legal service concerning minors. When any person under the age of eighteen years is admitted to or is converted from one admission status to another in any school, written notice of such admission or conversion shall be given to the mental hygiene legal service within three days thereof and […]
15.11 – Records of Residents.
§ 15.11 Records of residents. The director of a school shall within five days, excluding Sunday and holidays, after the admission of any resident forward to the mental hygiene legal service a record of such resident and shall simultaneously forward to the department such information from the record as the commissioner by regulation shall require. […]
15.13 – Voluntary Admissions.
§ 15.13 Voluntary admissions. (a) The director of any school may receive as a voluntary resident any person suitable for care and treatment, who voluntarily makes written application therefor. If such person be under eighteen years of age the application shall be made by the parent or legal guardian or next-of-kin of such person. (b) […]
15.15 – Voluntary Admissions; Suitability.
§ 15.15 Voluntary admissions; suitability. (a) In order for a person to be suitable for admission to a school as a voluntary resident, or for conversion to such status he must be notified of and have the ability to understand the following: 1. that the school to which he is requesting admission is a school […]