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CHA’s Mental Health Law manual has been updated to reflect changes in the law, and now includes a new chapter covering restraint and seclusion.
"For the past 10 years, there have been different sets of rules for different patients by different agencies on restraint and seclusion," stated Lois Richardson, Esq., CHA vice president, legal publications and education, and author of the manual. "We’ve sorted through the various laws and written the requirements in a user-friendly manner that makes it easy to find what you need."
The manual also includes an overview of mental health laws, principles of consent and rights of mental health patients, voluntary admission and involuntary detainment, privacy rights and notice of privacy practices, use and disclosure of protected health information, preemption analyses and reporting requirements.
To learn more about the manual or place an order, click here.
