Legal Status

The following resources provide information on Legal Status functionality.

Resources

Discharging a Patient - (Handout) When a patient’s discharge has been ordered, and the provider has performed Order Reconciliation, an After Visit Summary is typically printed, instructions provided by nursing staff, and the patient is released from the unit. At that time Unit Clerks and Nurses can discharge the patient through the Unit Manager activity.
Discharging an ED Patient with a Legal Status - (Handout) Patients with a legal status restricting discharge who are being discharged to an outside Psychiatry Hospital require a Discharge Disposition of “Psych HSP/Unit.” If discharging to some other location, the provider must first remove the legal status order.
Reviewing and Updating an ED Patient’s Legal Status - (Handout) This workflow reviews the process to identify and update a patient's involuntary legal status and is designed to PROTECT providers from being held in contempt of court if they discharge an involuntary patient without receiving a court order.
Reviewing and Updating a Patient's Legal Status - (Handout) The legal status of a patient can be viewed in the Patient Identification (PID) line and provides links to historical documentation of a patient’s legal status and scanned legal documents. Certain legal statuses require continuation through order placement prompted by Best Practice Advisory (BPA) Notifications and those same legal statuses will prevent an AVS from being printed until the legal status has been reviewed and updated.