Arizona Arizona Revised Statutes

§ 8-272 — Psychiatric acute care services; outpatient and inpatient assessments; definitions

ARS § 8-272Title 8. Child Safety · Ch. 2. JUVENILE COURT · Art. 6. Children's Mental Health Services

Statute text

8-272. Psychiatric acute care services; outpatient and inpatient assessments; definitions A. If a child exhibits behavior that indicates the child may suffer from a mental disorder or is a danger to self or others, an entity may request that the child receive an outpatient assessment or inpatient assessment. B. A psychologist, psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner, psychiatrist or physician shall conduct an outpatient assessment at a time and place that is convenient for the psychologist, psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner, psychiatrist or physician and the child. At the conclusion of the outpatient assessment, the psychologist, psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner, psychiatrist or physician shall recommend that the child be either: 1. Provided with outpatient treatment services. 2. Admitted to a psychiatric acute care facility for inpatient assessment or inpatient psychiatric acute care services. 3. Provided with residential treatment services. 4. Discharged to the entity without further psychological or psychiatric services because the child does not suffer from a mental disorder, is not a danger to self or others or is not a child with a persistent or acute disability or grave disability. C. A psychologist, psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner, psychiatrist or physician shall conduct an inpatient assessment and provide the assessment to the entity within seventy-two hours after a child is admitted to an inpatient assessment facility, excluding weekends and holidays. At the conclusion of the inpatient assessment, the psychologist, psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner, psychiatrist or physician shall recommend that the child be either: 1. Admitted to a psychiatric acute care facility for inpatient psychiatric acute care services. 2. Discharged to an entity and provided with outpatient treatment services. 3. Provided with residential treatment services. 4. Discharged to the entity without further psychological or psychiatric services because the child does not suffer from a mental disorder, is not a danger to self or others or is not a child with a persistent or acute disability or grave disability. D. Within twenty-four hours after a child is admitted for an inpatient assessment, excluding weekends and holidays, the entity shall file a motion for approval of admission for inpatient assessment with the juvenile court. The motion shall include all of the following: 1. The name and address of the inpatient assessment facility. 2. The name of the psychologist, psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner, psychiatrist or physician who is likely to perform the inpatient assessment. 3. The date and time the child was admitted to the inpatient assessment facility. 4. A short statement explaining why the child needs an inpatient assessment. E. An entity that files a motion under subsection D of this section shall provide a copy of the motion to all of the parties and their attorneys. The court shall rule on the motion without response from any party, except that any party may request a hearing to review the child's admission for an inpatient assessment. If the court grants a hearing, the court shall set the hearing on an accelerated basis. F. If the psychologist, psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner, psychiatrist or physician who performed the outpatient assessment or inpatient assessment of the child recommends that the child receive inpatient acute care psychiatric services, the entity may file a motion for inpatient psychiatric acute care services with the juvenile court. If the psychologist, psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner, psychiatrist or physician makes this recommendation after conducting an inpatient assessment, the entity shall file the motion for inpatient psychiatric acute care services not later than twenty-four hours after receiving the inpatient assessment, excluding weekends and holidays. The motion shall include all of the following: 1. A copy of the written report of the results of the inpatient assessment or outpatient assessment, including:

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