An adult in custody who is transferred to a state mental hospital may be discharged and transferred back to a Department of Corrections facility for one of the following reasons:

1. (1) Completion of treatment;
2. (2) He/she could receive mental health services within the Department of Corrections, and there was a mutually agreed upon continuity of care plan developed by the state mental hospital and the Administrator of the Department of Corrections Counseling and Treatment Services Unit/designee; or
3. (3) He/she does not meet the requirements to continue treatment at a state mental hospital.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 179.040, 179.473, 179.479 & 413.042

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 179.471-179.486 & 179.495-179.508

History

BHS 34-2023, minor correction filed 07/11/2023, effective 07/11/2023
Renumbered from 309-120-0045, MHD 10-2005, f. 12-29-05, cert. ef. 1-1-06
MHD 1-2000, f. & cert. ef. 1-24-00 MHD 3-1995, f. & cert. ef. 4-13-95 MHD 8-1983, f. & cert. ef. 4-1-83, Renumbered from 309-023-0010(7) MHD 1-1983(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 1-5-83 MHD 1-1981, f. & cert. ef. 6-5-81 MHD 3-1980, f. & cert. ef. 4-1-80 MHD 12-1979(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 11-21-79 MHD 5-1979, f. & cert. ef. 8-14-79 MHD 43, f. & cert. ef. 11-5-76