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JD Vance is sick of 67: ‘Ban these numbers forever’ (www.the-independent.com)
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[–] 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

In Philly (where the song 6-7 originated comes from and the code being referenced) a 72 hour involuntary mental health hold is a 302 (and then 303/304 if the hold is extended beyond 72hrs). 5150 is a California code, I think, but it’s def not national

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    A 302 can actually be up to 120 hours

    303 is up to 20 days

    304 is 90

    There's also a 305, which I believe is up to 180

    And technically a 306, but that has to do with transferring involuntary commitment patients to another facility or something.

    Like I said in another comment I work in PA and my wife happens to work at a psych hospital so I get to hear all about this stuff.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    Well I’ll be damned.

    I also work in pa and while I do outpatient now I worked in inpatient for years. Whoops! To be fair it’s been years since I did hospital stuff and admissions was never my deal. I couldn’t remember the longer ones for the life of me. I could’ve sworn 302 was 72, but you’re definitely right

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    All good, I always feel like it's 72 hours, and I think the equivalent in most states is only 72 I think we're the odd one out on that, and I feel like in most cases patients managed to get stabilized enough to be discharged after the 72 hours.

    I kind of feel like the extra two days are mostly so there's time to get everything set up for a 303 in case the patient tries to fight it and it goes to court. I had to be a witness for that over a call I took once, I only got like a day or two's notice because it all has to happen on such a condensed timeline

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