51.10 Voluntary admission of adults.

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(1)With the approval of the treatment director of the treatment facility or the director’s designee, or in the case of a center for the developmentally disabled, the director of the center or the director’s designee, and the approval of the director of the appropriate county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437 , an adult desiring admission to an approved inpatient treatment facility may be admitted upon application. This subsection applies only to admissions made through a county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437 or through the department.

(2)With the approval of the director of the treatment facility or the director’s designee and the director of the appropriate county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437 , an adult may be voluntarily admitted to a state inpatient treatment facility.

(3)Voluntary admission of adult alcoholics and adults who are drug dependent shall be in accordance with s. 51.45

(10).

(4)The criteria for voluntary admission to an inpatient treatment facility shall be based on an evaluation that the applicant is mentally ill or developmentally disabled, or is an alcoholic or drug dependent and that the person has the potential to benefit from inpatient care, treatment or therapy. An applicant is not required to meet a standard of dangerousness under s. 51.20

(a)2. to be eligible for the benefits of voluntary treatment programs. An applicant may be admitted for the purpose of making a diagnostic evaluation.

(a)An adult who has an identified funding source that is not obtained through the county department and who meets the criteria for voluntary admission under sub.

(4)or an adult whose admission is approved under sub.

(1)or

(2)and who meets the criteria for voluntary admission under sub.

(4)may be admitted to an inpatient treatment facility if all of the following requirements are met: