PART II. 
OPERATION OF PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES



 



§334-21  Licensing of psychiatric
facilities.  No person, association, corporation, or government agency
shall establish, maintain, or operate a psychiatric facility to which persons
are involuntarily admitted without first obtaining a license therefor from the
department of health.  The license may be for a definite period and shall be
subject to revocation as hereinafter provided.  The issuance of a license shall
be based upon an application which shall be in such form and shall contain such
information as the department may require.  The facility must be able to
provide adequate care and treatment in conformance with standards established
by the department.  The department may, at any and all times, examine and
ascertain whether a licensed facility is being conducted in compliance with the
license and applicable rules and regulations.  Subject to chapter 91, the
department may, if the interests of the public or of the patients of a facility
so demand, for just and reasonable cause then appearing and to be stated in its
order, amend or revoke a license by an order to take effect within such time as
the department shall determine.  This section shall not apply to any facility
operated by the United States or any agency thereof. [L 1967, c 259, pt of §1;
HRS §334-21; am L 1968, c 6, §3; am L 1977, c 76, §2]



 



Cross References



 



  For admission to a psychiatric facility, see part IV.