R9-10-517. Behavioral Care

A. An administrator shall ensure that: 1. A resident who receives behavioral care from the ICF/IID is evaluated by a behavioral health professional or medical practitioner: a. Within 30 calendar days before the resident is admitted to the ICF/IID or before the resident begins receiving behavioral care, and b. At least once every six months throughout the duration of the resident’s need for behavioral care; 2. A behavioral health professional or medical practitioner: a. Documents that the behavioral care needed by the resident is within the ICF/IID’s scope of services, and b. Includes measurable objectives for the behavioral care and the methods for meeting the objectives in the resident’s individual program plan; and 3. The documentation in subsection (A)(2) is included in the resident’s medical record. B. If a resident of an ICF/IID requires behavioral health services provided by a behavioral health professional on an intermittent basis as part of behavioral care, an administrator shall ensure that: 1. The behavioral health services are provided by a behavioral health professional licensed or certified to provide the type of behavioral health services required by the resident; and 2. Except for a psychotropic drug used as a chemical restraint or administered according to an order from a court of competent jurisdiction, informed consent is obtained from a resident or the resident’s representative for a psychotropic drug and documented in the resident’s medical record before the psychotropic drug is administered to the resident.