Evidence-based Clinical Care: Caring for Baker Act Patients at Baptist Health

This comprehensive online course is designed for healthcare professionals seeking to enhance their understanding and application of the Baker Act within a hospital setting. Participants will gain insights into the criteria for involuntary admission and treatment, appropriate enactments, and the latest updates on Baptist Health policies for involuntary examination. This course aims to equip medical practitioners with the knowledge and tools necessary to effectively manage and support patients undergoing involuntary examinations.

Note to Physicians: Be sure to bookmark this course to access all protocols, pathways, policies, and procedures at your convenience via your CME Portal account. All power plans are available in Cerner. All EBCC deliverables will be available on the EBCC website.

Target Audience

Hospitalists, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Psychiatrists, Physician Assistant/Physician Associates, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Registered Nurses, and Social Workers

Learning Objectives

  • Review Baker Act criteria for admission and treatment to a Baker Act receiving facility from a hospital setting. 
  • Determine appropriateness for Baker Act including initiating and rescinding within a hospital setting. 
  • Explain policies and procedures related to a Baker Act for Baptist Health.
Additional information
Bibliography: 
  • Voluntary Admission Selected Procedures, 394.4625 FS and 65E-5.270, FAC 
  • Initiating Involuntary Examinations, 384.463(2), FS and 65E-5.280, FAC
  • Involuntary Examinations Initiated by the Court, 384.463(2)(a)1, FS and 65E-5.280(1), FAC
  • Involuntary Examination Law Enforcement Officers, 384.463(2)(a)2, FS and 65E-5.280(2), FAC
  • Minimum Standards for Initial Mandatory Involuntary Examination, 394.463(2)(f), FS 65E-5.2801, FAC
  • The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals NPSG.15.01.01
  • Jobes, D. A., Gregorian, M. J., & Colborn, V. A. (2018). A stepped care approach to clinical suicide prevention. Psychological services, 15(3), 243.
  • Bachmann, S. (2018). Epidemiology of suicide and the psychiatric perspective. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(7), 1425.
  • Williamson, M. L., Hogue, G., Cotter, J., Roberman, S., Neal, G., & Williamson, B. (2019). Suicide screening: How to recognize and treat at-risk adults. Journal of family practice, 68(9), 505-510.
  • DeHay, T., Ross, S., & McFaul, M. (2015). Training medical providers in evidence-based approaches to suicide prevention. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 50(1), 73-80.
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
Course opens: 
05/29/2025
Course expires: 
05/28/2028

Faculty

Rachel Rohaidy, M.D.
Interventional Psychiatrist
Co-director, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Board Certified in Adult and Addiction Psychiatry
Miami Neuroscience Institute
Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, Florida

Graciela Jimenez, LMFT
Manager, Community Health
Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, Florida

Rachel Rohaidy, M.D., faculty for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Graciela Jimenez, LMFT, faculty for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 

 

Disclosure Policy and Disclaimer

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
              
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
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