This section defines the scope of Pennsylvania's involuntary and voluntary inpatient mental health treatment regulations, applying them to all involuntary treatment of mentally ill persons (inpatient or outpatient) and all voluntary inpatient treatment. It carves out a limited exception for persons aged 70 or older who have been continuously hospitalized in a state-operated facility for at least 10 years and are chronically disabled, while still extending certain treatment plan and rights protections to them. Facility operators must ensure compliance with treatment planning, review, and rights provisions for all covered persons, including this elderly long-term population.
View official source55 Pa. Code § 5100.4 - Scope State Regulations Compare (a) This chapter applies to all involuntary treatment of mentally ill persons, whether inpatient or outpatient, and for all voluntary inpatient treatment of mentally ill persons. (b) Persons 70 years of age or older who have been continuously hospitalized in a State-operated facility for at least 10 years and who are chronically disabled shall not be subject to the procedures of the act. (1) The Department extends the protections of §§ 5100.11 , 5100.13 - 5100.16 , 5100.31 - 5100.39 and 5100.51 - 5100.56 to these persons. (2) The Department may continue to provide all necessary treatment to such persons regardless of their ability to freely give rational informed consent except when such a person protests treatment or residence at a State operated facility. (3) Persons described in this subsection may become subject to involuntary treatment when the person protests and criteria for involuntary treatment are met. Notes 55 Pa. Code § 5100.4 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare. No prior version found. State Regulations Toolbox