R9-10-314. Physical Health Services

A. An administrator shall ensure that: 1. Medical services are provided under the direction of a physician or registered nurse practitioner; 2. Nursing services are provided: a. Under the direction of a registered nurse, b. According to an acuity plan developed for the behavioral health inpatient facility, and c. To meet the needs of a patient based on the patient’s acuity; and 3. If a behavioral health inpatient facility is authorized to provide: a. Clinical laboratory services, as defined in R9-10- 101, the behavioral health inpatient facility complies with the requirements for clinical laboratory services in R9-10-219; or b. Radiology services or diagnostic imaging services, the behavioral health inpatient facility complies with the requirements in R9-10-220. B. An administrator shall ensure that, if a patient requires immediate medical services to ensure the patient’s health and safety that the behavioral health inpatient facility is not authorized or not able to provide, a personnel member arranges for the patient to be transported to a hospital, another health care institution, or a health care provider where the medical services can be provided.