Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code

The act governs the state's system of care for people with mental illness and developmental disabilities, covering both voluntary and involuntary admission to treatment and the provision of treatment, habilitation, and residential services in state-operated, private, and contracted facilities. It defines the class of providers authorized to evaluate and treat recipients — psychiatrists, physicians, clinical psychologists, advanced practice psychiatric nurses, physician assistants, clinical professional counselors, and qualified examiners — and assigns administrative responsibility to the state human services agency and to facility directors. It also sets protections for recipients of services, including standards on abuse and neglect, the use of psychotropic medication, the role of guardians and substitute decision makers, and the procedures for discharge from treatment or custody.

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