A. Psychiatric Services
1. Voluntary:
a. Applications for voluntary admission to
all programs will be accepted from the following:
(1) Persons over eighteen (18) years of age,
or married persons, who have not been adjudicated incompetent;
(2) Legal guardians or conservators of
persons over eighteen (18) years of age, or under the age of fourteen (14); and
(3) Parents of individuals under
the age of fourteen (14).
b. No application for voluntary admission
will be accepted from or on behalf of an individual fourteen (14) years of age
or older, but younger than age eighteen (18).
c. Application for voluntary admission shall
be accompanied by certificates of two (2) physicians, or one (1) physician and
one (1) psychologist, nurse practitioner or physician's assistant who shall
certify that they have examined the person within the last five days and that
such person is in need of observation, diagnosis, and treatment.
2. Involuntary:
a. A court order as provided in Sections
41-21-61,
et seq., or 43-21-314, et seq., shall be required for involuntary admission.
b. No person shall be admitted
with unresolved felony charges pending.
c. Admission pursuant to Court Order shall be
accompanied by the Affidavit, Pre-Screening evaluation by the appropriate
community mental health center, certificates of two (2) physicians, or one (1)
physician and one (1) psychologist, nurse practitioner or physician's
assistant, and Court Order.
d.
Eligibility for admission cannot be determined without the documents listed in
above.
B.
Nursing Home
Nursing home programs which are licensed and certified to
participate in Medicaid and Medicare are available at East Mississippi State
Hospital and Mississippi State Hospital. Admissions may not exceed rated
capacity. Intensive psychiatric services are not available. The standard of
dangerousness required for judicial commitment renders nursing home placement
pursuant to a court order inappropriate. Individuals eligible for admission may
be placed on a waiting list as provided below.
C. Substance Use Disorder Programs
Programs may be available for the treatment of substance
use disorder at Mississippi State Hospital. Admission may be sought voluntarily
or as provided in Sections
41-31-1,
et seq. However, no person will be admitted to the psychiatric service at the
hospital pending the availability of bed space in the substance use disorder
unit. Individuals eligible for admission for whom no bed is available may be
placed on a waiting list as provided below.
D. Forensic Services:
Individuals against whom criminal charges are pending and
for whom a psychiatric examination has been ordered by the Circuit Court may be
admitted only to the Forensic Unit at Mississippi State Hospital.
Notes
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Miss. Code. R. 1-3.1.5
Miss Code Ann. §
41-4-1,
et seq., §
41-21-63,
et seq., §
41-31-1,
et seq., and §
99-13-1,
et seq.
Amended
7/10/2015
Amended
4/1/2017
Amended
8/6/2017
Amended
11/1/2018
