Section 29-2336. SERVICES AND SUPPORTS -- REHABILITATION SERVICES STANDARDS

 

2336.1 A substance abuse treatment facility or program shall provide services in accordance with the patient’s rehabilitation plan.

 

2336.2 If a patient fails to appear at any scheduled program activity, the facility or program staff shall contact the individual to maintain active program participation. Efforts to contact the individual, the results of those efforts, and the response shall be documented in the record using standardized forms supplied by the Department.

 

2336.3 The facility or program staff shall initiate efforts to contact a patient who fails to appear for a scheduled program activity within 24 hours of the scheduled activity, unless circumstances indicate that an immediate effort to contact the individual should be made.

 

2336.4 Therapeutic recreational, vocational, and educational services shall be provided or arranged, according to the patient’s needs and desired outcomes from treatment.

 

2336.5 Staff of facilities and programs providing services to parents with children shall address therapeutic issues relative to parents as recommended by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention PEP Guidelines: Preventing Substance Abuse among Children and Adolescents: Family Centered Approaches. See SPECIALTY SERVICE - ADDITIONAL STANDARDS FOR PROGRAMS SERVING PARENTS AND CHILDREN.

 

2336.6 Service needs of admitted patients that exceed the authority of the program’s or facility’s certification shall be arranged through referral, contract or affiliation agreement with another organization certified to provide the necessary service.

 

2336.7 The substance abuse treatment facility or program shall develop and implement service delivery policies and procedures that address at a minimum:

 

(a) The roles and responsibilities of service delivery staff in the implementation of a patient’s rehabilitation plan with special attention to the relationship and functions of case manager and addiction counselors consistent with these standards;

 

(b) Mechanisms to ensure that services are delivered in accordance with the individualized rehabilitation plan; and

 

(c) Criteria for the involvement of assigned service delivery staff when a specific patient requests crisis assistance.

 

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 9341 (November 24, 2000), adopting Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 7708, 7761 (September 22, 2000).