Title 37, Chapter 3, Section 6
( 37-3-6)
Any private facility within this state may be approved as an
emergency receiving facility, an evaluating facility, or a treatment
facility by the department at the request of or with the consent of
the governing officers of such private facility. When so approved,
the private facility shall have all powers given to the
corresponding type of state owned or state operated facility under
the provisions of this chapter on voluntary admission, emergency
admission, admission for evaluation, and involuntary hospitalization
and shall have all duties and obligations of such facilities imposed
by this chapter, except that any such private facility may decline
to accept any patient who is unable to pay it for hospitalization or
for whom it has no available space. |