What is Convalescent Status?
Link to Convalescent Status statute: http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/34-B/title34-Bsec3870.html Maine statute allows hospitals to release patients on convalescent status. People on convalescent status technically remain patients of the hospital. Convalescent status is considered a means to assist transition from hospitalization to community tenure. It is rarely used because the community mental health system now has the capacity to provide transition services to individuals leaving the hospital. When it is used, it is done in accordance with hospital policy. A person who was a voluntary patient at the time convalescent status started may only be returned voluntarily unless “blue papers” are started.
