This chapter shall apply to any person who needs, requests, receives or has received mental healthcare services, including services for any abuse or dependency-related disorder and substance (drugs and/or alcohol)-induced disorders; to any public or private institution that plans, administers or coordinates such services; and to any network of direct or indirect mental healthcare providers, including, but not limited to:(a) Psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric wards, psychiatric hospitalization quarters or wards and/or psychiatric quarters or wards to treat addictions, or addiction medicine, in general hospitals or psychiatric hospitals that provide these services, as well as for-profit or nonprofit community-based organizations.(b) Emergency rooms, partial hospitalization or day treatment, intensive outpatient treatment, and/or outpatient treatment, live-in treatment programs for minors and adults, and transitional services.(c) Rehabilitation services.(d) Community outreach services.(e) Services administered and coordinated by indirect mental healthcare service providers.(f) Mental healthcare administration and coordination under the Puerto Rico Government Health Plan and private e) Services administered and coordinated by indirect mental healthcare service providers.(f) Mental healthcare administration and coordination under the Puerto Rico Government Health Plan and private plans. History —Oct. 2, 2000, No. 408, § 1.05; Aug. 6, 2008, No. 183, § 2.
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