29.15 – Discharge and Conditional Release of Patients to the Community.
§ 29.15 Discharge and conditional release of patients to the community. (a) A patient may be discharged or conditionally released to the community by the director of a department facility, if, in the opinion of staff familiar with the patient’s case history, such patient does not require active in-patient care and treatment. (b) A patient […]
29.16 – Discharge; Certain Cases.
§ 29.16 Discharge; certain cases. The director of a facility shall, with respect to any patient admitted to such facility pursuant to section five hundred nine of the executive law or 353.4 of the family court act and article nine or fifteen of this chapter, give immediate written notice to the director of the division […]
29.17 – Clothing and Money to Be Furnished Patients Discharged or Released.
§ 29.17 Clothing and money to be furnished patients discharged or released. No patient shall be discharged or released from a department facility without suitable clothing adapted to the season in which he is discharged or released; and if it cannot be otherwise obtained, the facility shall upon the order of the director, or of […]
29.18 – Client Service Report.
§ 29.18 Client service report. (a) The commissioner shall establish a client service report system for the purpose of providing notification of services or treatment provided to individual patients or clients to such patients or clients, to persons duly authorized to represent such patients or clients, including a parent or parents, legal guardian or next-of-kin […]
29.19 – Powers and Duties of Peace Officers Acting Pursuant to Their Special Duties and Police Officers to Apprehend, Restrain, and Transport Persons to Facil
* § 29.19 Powers and duties of peace officers acting pursuant to their special duties and police officers to apprehend, restrain, and transport persons to facilities. A person who has been committed or admitted to a department facility or a hospital licensed or operated by the office of mental health and who has been reported […]
29.03 – Effect of Court Order Authorizing Retention of a Patient.
§ 29.03 Effect of court order authorizing retention of a patient. No order or determination under this article that a person is in need of involuntary care and treatment or that there was need for retention of such person shall be construed or deemed to be a determination or finding that such person is incompetent […]
29.05 – Community Agreements Regarding Admission Procedures.
§ 29.05 Community agreements regarding admission procedures. A director of community services and the commissioner may enter into an agreement concerning screening of applications for admission to a facility pursuant to this chapter. The agreement may provide procedures for submitting certain applications to the director or his authorized representative for review, for examining a person […]
29.01 – Regulations and Forms.
§ 29.01 Regulations and forms. The commissioner shall have the power to make regulations governing admissions to hospitals, schools, and alcoholism facilities and the identification and processing of patients. He shall prescribe and furnish forms for use in procedures for admission. Admission shall be had only upon such forms.