§ 103.5. Other functions.

 The governing body or its designee shall do the following:

   (1)  Develop efficient and practical arrangements for the provision of extended care and of other long-term health care services. Such services may be provided in the hospital or by outside resources through an effective transfer agreement. Home care services should be utilized whenever feasible.

   (2)  Provide and implement a written plan for the care or for the referral, or for both, of patients who are psychiatrically ill or who become psychiatrically ill while in the hospital, as well as for the care or appropriate referral, or both, of persons who suffer the results of alcoholism or drug abuse.

Authority

   The provisions of this §  103.5 issued under act 67 Pa.C.S. § §  6101—6104; and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973 (71 P. S. §  755-2).

Source

   The provisions of this §  103.5 amended September 19, 1980, effective September 20, 1980, 10 Pa.B. 3761. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (37778).

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