Section 388-865-0850. Triage facility—Triage stabilization plan.

A triage stabilization plan must be developed for each individual voluntarily or involuntarily admitted to a triage facility for longer than twenty-four hours. For an individual admitted twenty-four hours or less, the facility must document the results of the assessment performed by a mental health professional (MHP) required under WAC 388-865-0840.

(1) The triage stabilization plan must:

(a) Be developed collaboratively with the individual within twenty-four hours of admission.

(b) Improve and/or resolve the individual's crisis in the least restrictive manner possible.

(c) Be written in a language that is understandable to the individual and/or the individual's support system if applicable.

(d) Be mindful of the individual's culture, life style, economic situation, and current mental and physical limitation.

(e) Have goals that are relevant to the presenting crisis and demonstrate how they impact the crisis by improving the individual's ability to function.

(f) Include any recommendation for treatment from the mental health professional (MHP) assessment provided with three hours of the individual's arrival at the facility.

(g) Include:

(i) The date and time the designated mental health professional (DMHP) evaluated the individual in accordance with the detention criteria under chapter 71.05 RCW; and

(ii) The DMHP's determination of whether the individual should be detained.

(2) The individual's clinical record must:

(a) Contain a copy of the triage stabilization plan;

(b) Contain charting that demonstrates how requirements of the individual's triage stabilization were met; and

(c) Document the services provided to the individual.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 71.05.020, 71.05.150, 71.05.153, 71.24.035, and 2011 c 148. WSR 12-19-039, § 388-865-0850, filed 9/12/12, effective 10/13/12.]

RCW 71.05.020, 71.05.150, 71.05.153, 71.24.035, and 2011 c 148. WSR 12-19-039, § 388-865-0850, filed 9/12/12, effective 10/13/12.

Rules

388-865-0840,