- A. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall certify community-based structured crisis centers for the provision of nonhospital emergency services for mental health and substance abuse crisis intervention. The Department shall promulgate rules for the certification of community-based structured crisis centers.
- B. No community based structured crisis center shall operate or continue to operate unless the facility complies with the rules promulgated by the Department and is certified by the Department as required by this section.
- C. For the purposes of this section, "community-based structured crisis center" means any facility which is established and maintained for the purpose of providing community-based mental health and substance abuse crisis intervention services including, but not limited to, observation, evaluation, emergency treatment and referral, when necessary, for inpatient psychiatric or substance abuse treatment services.
Laws 1996, HB 2964, c. 354, § 50, eff. November 1, 1996.