908 KAR 3:040. Transfer of patients to other facilities

Section 1. Transfer of Patients. A patient may be transferred between hospitals, between hospitals and forensic psychiatric facilities, between hospitals and residential treatment centers or between residential treatment centers upon the mutual agreement of the administrative officer, designated representative or an authorized staff physician of each facility, provided such agreement is based upon one (1) of the following findings by the officers, representatives or physicians: (1) That the transfer will improve the opportunities of the patient to receive care and treatment most likely to be of benefit to him; or (2) That the transfer will permit the patient to receive care and treatment in the least restrictive alternative mode of treatment, considering the degree of danger or threat of danger to self or others which the patient presents; or (3) That the transfer is part of an individual treatment plan which has been reviewed and approved by a court.