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State Licensure
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Health Facilities
Acute Treatment Units
Acute treatment units provide short-term psychiatric care
to persons who do not require inpatient hospitalization but need intense
and individual services, such as crisis management and stabilization.
These facilities provide twenty-four hour care in a therapeutically
planned and professional staffed environment.
Joint agency oversight. Acute treatment
units are dually regulated by the Department of Human Services, Division
of Mental Health and the Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment, Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issues the
license on the basis of program approval from the Department of Human
Services as well as compliance with Colorado Department of Public Health
and Environment requirements.
- Department of Human Services oversight. This
Department provides oversight regarding the following clinical and
treatment components of their program: admission and discharge,
staffing, treatment, medical records and client rights. In addition,
the facility must be designated as a facility that can initiate an
involuntary hold on an individual with a mental illness (also termed
"27-10 designation"). For more information about the
Department of Human Services regulatory oversight, please contact
the Division of Mental Health at (303) 866-7400.
- Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment oversight. This Department is responsible for ensuring
facility compliance with the following non-clinical and physical
plant requirements: emergency preparedness, infection control,
dietary services, linen and laundry services, interior and exterior
environment and fire safety.
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