(1) The facility shall develop and implement discharge and transfer criteria for discharging a client from the secured setting. At the end of the detention the facility must:

(a) discharge the patient;

(b) refer the patient to a licensed nonsecured inpatient stabilization program;

(c) refer the patient to outpatient treatment; or

(d) transfer the client to an appropriate level of acute in-patient treatment.

(2) The facility must ensure in-patient care is available through a critical access hospital or hospital transfer agreement for clients in need of an acute level of medical treatment.