36-425.06. Secure behavioral health residential facilities; license; definition
A. The department shall license secure behavioral health residential facilities to provide secure twenty-four-hour on-site supportive treatment and supervision by staff with behavioral health training for persons who have been determined to be seriously mentally ill, who are chronically resistant to treatment for a mental disorder and who are placed in the facility pursuant to a court order issued pursuant to section 36-550.09. A secure behavioral health residential facility may provide services only to persons placed in the facility pursuant to a court order issued pursuant to section 36-550.09 and may not provide services to any other persons on that facility's premises. A secure behavioral health residential facility may not have more than sixteen beds.
B. For the purposes of this section, " secure" means premises that limit a patient's egress in the least restrictive manner consistent with the patient's court-ordered treatment plan.
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