LPS 5150 Certification & Oversight at RUHS - Behavioral Health

Riverside University Health System- Behavioral Health’s LPS 5150 Certification & Oversight department provides 5150 training coordination, 5150 authorizations, oversight of involuntary holds written including feedback for quality improvement, as well as guidance and technical assistance relating to 5150 involuntary hospitalizations. 

For questions relating to 5150 authorization and involuntary hospitalizations, please contact LPS 5250 Certification & Oversight by phone at (951) 658-4544 or via email at 5150@ruhealth.org. To apply for 5150 authorization, please submit an Application for 5150 Authorization to 5150@ruhealth.org. To be connected to the appropriate behavioral health services in your area, please contact the RUHS Cares Access and Referral line at (800) 499-3008. If you are experiencing a behavioral health crisis, please call the HELP Line at (951) 686-HELP(4357) which is available 24/7. 

As a reminder, when a 5150 hold is written, please fax a copy of the 5150 to LPS 5150 Certification & Oversight at (951) 351-8027 within 1-3 business days. Recurrent failure to do so may result in 5150 authorization being terminated. 

Behavioral health crisis support is available 24/7:

   CARES Line: (800) 499-3008

   Crisis HELP Line: (951) 686-HELP (4357)
 

For general questions concerning psychiatric hospitalizations, contact the Patients Rights department:

   (951) 358-4600