Home | North Carolina Board of Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors As a result, Executive Order 318, which temporarily authorized professional health care licensing boards to waive licensure requirements for out-of-state licensees to provide care in North Carolina will not be extended
Chapter 122C - Article 3 If the client or the client's legally responsible person objects in writing or signs a non-disclosure form, the disclosures otherwise permitted by this subsection are prohibited
Chapter 122C - North Carolina General Assembly The policy of the State is to assist individuals with needs for mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services in ways consistent with the dignity, rights, and responsibilities of all North Carolina citizens
Involuntary Commitments - NC DHHS Call a mobile crisis team and tell them about the situation They can offer guidance, explain how involuntary commitment works and even come out to help You can also call the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or learn about other North Carolina crisis services
G. S. 122C-261 - North Carolina General Assembly If a commitment examiner executes an affidavit for inpatient commitment of a respondent, a physician who is not the commitment examiner who performed the examination under this section shall be required to perform examination required by G S 122C‐266
Involuntary Commitment in North Carolina • The proposed provider’s medical doctor or licensed psychologist must complete another examination to determine if the respondent continues to meet the criteria for OPC
Chapter 122C - Article 5 - ncleg. net It is State policy to encourage voluntary admissions to facilities It is further State policy that no individual shall be involuntarily committed to a 24-hour facility unless that individual is mentally ill or a substance abuser and dangerous to self or others
North Carolina Mental Health Laws: Commitment and Rights Because involuntary commitment involves a fundamental loss of liberty, North Carolina law includes specific safeguards against abuse of the process Anyone who unlawfully, maliciously, and corruptly attempts to commit another person to a mental health facility faces civil liability