1. (1) The provider shall ensure that at client intake, staff addresses and documents:

   1. (a) each client's authorization to obtain emergency care;
   2. (b) each client's dominant language and mode of communication;
   3. (c) each client's medical stability; and
   4. (d) a suicide risk screening for each client.
2. (2) A provider may not admit an individual who is unresponsive or unable to consent to care.

3. (3)(a) A behavioral health receiving center shall complete a discharge summary for each client served within 23 hours of admission.

   1. (b) A behavioral health receiving center shall provide a transfer plan within the discharge summary for any client transfer, including any discharge to a separate unit within the same facility or campus.

KEY: human services, licensing, homeless

Date of Last Change: June 16, 2026

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-2-104; 26B-2-135