PATIENT HANDBOOK

Involuntary Termination

In order to be considered for an involuntary discharge a patient would have to meet one of the following criteria:

1. AWOL for more than seven (7) days.
2. Is suspended and there has been no contact for 30 days
3. Commits a crime on SOAR property.
4. Possession and/or sales of drugs on clinic property.
5. Failure to disclose obtaining prescriptions from a outside source and refusal a to sign a ROI to the outside provider to coordinate services.
6. Threats and/or acts of violence in or around the clinic. This includes actions towards staff, contracted employees, or peers within the program.
7. Threats, acts of racial / ethnic slurs and/or violence in or around the clinic. This includes actions being physical or verbal towards staff, contracted employees, or peers within the program.
8. Possession of any weapon, legal or illegal, within the clinic.
9. The patient has presented danger to him/herself, other clients or staff members.
10. Failure and/or refusal to follow treatment plan(s).
11. Committing an act of selling, buy or using illicit drugs on the premises of the program.
12. Continued patterns of presenting impaired, resulting in the inability to dispense the daily dose of medication to a patient
13. Continued patterns of refusing to supply a requested urine drug screen request or breathalyzer to ensure patient safety prior to dispensing medication.
14. Continued patterns of refusing to supply a requested PPD result, a blood work result or chest x-ray results for a positive PPD result.

An involuntary withdrawal generally lasts between 7 and 21 days, depending on clinical and medical conditions. SOAR will attempt to assist you in transferring to another clinic or level of care if possible.

SOAR reserves the right to immediately discharge you if, in the Program Director’s judgment, that you are a threat to the safety and well being of the program, its patients or staff members.