Sec. 577A.102.  ADMISSION CRITERIA.  A facility certified under this chapter may not admit or provide treatments or services to an individual unless the individual:
(1)  is 21 years of age or younger;
(2)  has been diagnosed with a severe emotional disturbance by a licensed mental health professional;
(3)  requires residential psychiatric treatment under the direction of a licensed physician to improve the individual's condition; and
(4)  was referred for treatments or services in a psychiatric residential youth treatment facility by a licensed mental health professional.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 3121), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.