2018 Revised Code of Washington
Title 71 - MENTAL ILLNESS
71.34 Mental health services for minors.
71.34.520 Minor voluntarily admitted may give notice to leave at any time.
RCW 71.34.520 Minor voluntarily admitted may give notice to leave at any time.
(1) Any minor thirteen years or older voluntarily admitted to an evaluation and treatment facility or approved substance use disorder treatment program under RCW 71.34.500 may give notice of intent to leave at any time. The notice need not follow any specific form so long as it is written and the intent of the minor can be discerned.
(2) The staff member receiving the notice shall date it immediately, record its existence in the minor's clinical record, and send copies of it to the minor's attorney, if any, the designated crisis responders, and the parent.
(3) The professional person shall discharge the minor, thirteen years or older, from the facility by the second judicial day following receipt of the minor's notice of intent to leave.
[ 2016 sp.s. c 29 § 262; 2003 c 106 § 1; 1998 c 296 § 16. Formerly RCW 71.34.046.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—2016 sp.s. c 29: See note following RCW 71.05.760.
Short title—Right of action—2016 sp.s. c 29: See notes following RCW 71.05.010.
Findings—Intent—Part headings not law—Short title—1998 c 296: See notes following RCW 74.13.025.
