440 IAC 7.5-4-7 Requirements specific to a sub-acute facility

Sec. 7. (a) A sub-acute stabilization facility is a facility in which an agency provides twenty-four (24) hour supervised treatment for psychiatric disorders or addictions, or both, that is less restrictive than an inpatient facility and more restrictive than a supervised group living facility. (b) A sub-acute stabilization facility serves at least four (4) and not more than fifteen (15) individuals. (c) The director of the division may waive the resident limitations for a sub-acute stabilization facility certified before January 1, 2003. (d) A sub-acute stabilization facility may function as one (1) or both of the following: (1) A crisis care or respite care facility: (A) that serves people in need of short term respite care or short term crisis care; and (B) the length of stay shall not exceed forty-five (45) days. (2) Rehabilitative facility: (A) that serves people who have a need for treatment of psychiatric disorders or addictions; and (B) the length of stay in a rehabilitative facility shall not exceed one (1) year. The division director may waive the one (1) year limitation when evidence is presented that a less restrictive setting is inappropriate. (e) A sub-acute facility may be: (1) a house; (2) a congregate residence; or (3) an I-3 occupancy as adopted by reference under 675 IAC 13-2.4-1(a).