Section 22-A6300. GENERAL PROVISIONS  


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    6300.1  The Department of Behavioral Health (“Department”) is the Single State Agency (“SSA”) responsible for the development and promulgation of rules, regulations, and certification standards for prevention and treatment services related to the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (“ATOD”) in the District of Columbia (“District”). The Department is responsible for the inspection, monitoring, and certification of all District of Columbia substance use disorder (“SUD”) treatment and recovery providers.

     

    6300.2  The purpose of these rules is to establish certification requirements for operating a SUD treatment or recovery program in the District of Columbia.  These rules also establish additional certification criteria and requirements for SUD programs providing services under the Medicaid Adult Substance Abuse Rehabilitative Services (“ASARS”) program and a Human Care Agreement with the Department. 

     

    6300.3 Providers seeking certification shall specify the age ranges of the clients they will be serving.  Providers with a Human Care Agreement serving youth shall be known as Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Expansion Program (ASTEP) providers.

     

    6300.4 The SUD treatment framework in this chapter is based on levels of care established by the American Society for Addiction Medicine (“ASAM”).

     

    6300.5 No person or entity shall own or operate a program that offers or proposes to offer non-hospital SUD treatment services without being certified by the Department pursuant to this chapter. This chapter does not apply to Health Maintenance Organizations, physicians, and other licensed behavioral health and medical professionals in individual or group practice.

     

    6300.6             Providers who are certified as an SUD treatment or recovery program pursuant to Title 29, Chapter 23 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations prior to the effective date of this rule, may retain their certification until May 31, 2016, until the expiration of their current certification under Chapter 23, or until certification pursuant to this chapter is issued, whichever date comes first.

     

    6300.7 Any provider certified pursuant to 29 DCMR Chapter 23 wishing to continue to provide services as an SUD treatment or recovery program must have submitted a completed certification application for all certified services to the Department in accordance with the schedule below and prior to the expiration of their current certification. If a provider has more than one program (level of care) or more than one facility, each with its own certification, the provider must submit its application for all of its facilities or programs at the time the provider’s first certification falls due. 

     

    6300.8 Certification applications for new programs must be submitted at the time the provider’s first certification is due as follows:

     

    (a)Level I, Level II, and Medication Assisted Therapy (“MAT”) providers: all applications are due by October 1, 2015;

     

    (b)       Level III and Level R providers not already submitted per (a): all applications are due by December 1, 2015.

     

    6300.9  The Department shall issue one (1) certification for each provider that is valid only for the programs, premises, and level(s) of care stated on the certificate. The certificate is the property of the Department and must be returned upon request by the Department. 

     

    6300.10  The Department’s staff, upon presentation of proper identification, has the authority to enter the premises of an SUD treatment or recovery program during operating hours for the purpose of conducting announced or unannounced inspections and investigations.

     

    6300.11  A certified provider may not deny admission for services to an otherwise qualified individual because that person is receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) services, even if the MAT services are provided by a different provider. 

     

    6300.12  Providers in Levels 1 - 3, except MMIIWM, may also receive a special designation as a program serving parents with children, subject to Section 6324 of this chapter.

     

    6300.13  Each certified program shall comply with all the provisions of this chapter consistent with the scope of the authorized LOC and program services.

     

     

authority

Sections 5113, 5115, 5117 and 5118 of the Department of Behavioral Health Establishment Act of 2013, effective December 24, 2013 (D.C. Law 20-61; D.C. Official Code §§ 7-1141.02, 7-1141-04, 7-1141.06 and 7-1141.07 (2012 Repl.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 12056 (September 4, 2015).