63N-1.0102. Crisis Intervention Services and Mental Health Alerts

(1) When a youth has received a Crisis Assessment and has been determined to exhibit behaviors which pose a potential safety or security risk in the facility or program, the following must occur: (a) The youth must be maintained or continue to be coded as a “Mental Health Alert,” and Mental Health Supportive Services provided. (b) A youth determined through Crisis Assessment to exhibit behaviors which pose a potential safety or security risk must remain on “Mental Health Alert” status until a subsequent Mental Status Examination determines that the youth’s mental health Crisis is resolved and no longer poses a potential safety or security risk. (2) Follow-up Mental Status Examination of the youth must be conducted by a Licensed Mental Health Professional or a Mental Health Clinical Staff Person working under the direct supervision of a Licensed Mental Health Professional. (a) The Follow-up Mental Status Examination must be documented in the youth’s Crisis Assessment Form (MHSA 023) or a form developed by the program which contains all the information required in form MHSA 023. (b) The follow-up Mental Status Examination, if conducted by a non-licensed Mental Health Clinical Staff Person must be reviewed and signed as reviewer by a Licensed Mental Health Professional.