Legislation and Regulations

Please note that the legislations and regulations listed below are NYS Specified

Eligability For Residential Treatment Facilities For Children And Youth

This regulation discusses eligibility and authorization requirements for residential treatment facilities. Some of the regulations include:

"(1) identification of problems or concerns related to the care of residents;

(2) objective assessment of the cause and scope of the problems or concerns, including the determination of

priorities for both investigating and resolving problems."

This is to ensure proper care is being given to the residents. 

 The Operation of Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Programs

This discusses Background and Intent, Legal Base, Applicability, Definitions, Certification, Organization and Administration, Emergency Service Plan, Admission and Discharge Procedures, Services, Staffing, Special Treatment Procedures, Case Records, Premises, and Statistical Records and Reports. Regulations include: 

"(a) No comprehensive psychiatric emergency program shall use restraint or seclusion without a written

plan for the use of restraint or seclusion, as defined in section 590.4 of this Part, which is in accordance

with section 526.4 of this Title.

(b) No comprehensive psychiatric emergency program shall use extraordinary risk procedures.

Extraordinary risk procedures include, but are not limited to, experimental treatment modalities and

aversive conditioning.

(c) No comprehensive psychiatric emergency program shall use electroconvulsive therapy."

This ensures that patients will get the proper treatment needed while ensuring their safety.