A. Adolescents shall be admitted to the adolescent treatment hospital and adolescent residential treatment facility only in accordance with the provisions of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code [Chapter 43, Article 1 NMSA 1978] or the Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act. The coordinated treatment panel may make recommendations on admissions.
B. The secretary shall, in consultation with the board, define admittance criteria; provided that the criteria may not exclude adolescents in the custody of other agencies who might otherwise meet the criteria for services provided through the adolescent treatment hospital.
C. The Mental Heath [Health] and Developmental Disabilities Code or the Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act shall apply to inpatient treatment.
History: Laws 1992, ch. 60, § 6; 1998, ch. 28, § 2.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
The Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act, referred to in Subsections A and C, appeared as 32A-6-1 to 32A-6-22 NMSA 1978 before being repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 162, § 31, effective June 15, 2007. For present comparable provisions, see Chapter 32A, Article 6A NMSA 1978.
The 1998 amendment, effective, May 20, 1998, rewrote Subsection A, and inserted "or the Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act" in Subsection C.
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