Admission process

1. The regional director shall designate admission personnel who are responsible for the initial contact with the individual and, as determined appropriate, the individual's family to define and evaluate the presenting problems and make disposition for necessary services. 2. If, in the judgment of the admission personnel, the contact which has been made is of an emergency nature, the admission personnel shall comply with emergency service procedures. 3. If, in the judgment of the admission personnel, the contact which has been made is not of an emergency nature, the admission personnel shall determine if the human service center can provide the treatment or services that the individual and the individual's family require. Upon determination that required services are available, the admission personnel shall assure that an appointment is scheduled. 4. A signed application for services must be completed at the time of admission. 5. The initial admission process must involve a face-to-face interview with the consumer and include the following: a. A statement of the presenting problems; b. An assessment of the consumer's current emotional, cognitive, and behavioral functioning; c. The consumer's history, including family background, social history, psychiatric history, medical history (including a list of the consumer's current medications, both prescribed and over the counter, and allergies), developmental history, educational history, and employment history; and d. A signed release of information form from the consumer and the consumer's parent or guardian, when deemed necessary. 6. If the consumer is being referred for community residential services, the consumer, if possible, should visit the residential facility. 7. The human service center must have a mechanism to review service needs and formulate recommendations for consumers when the initial unit to which the consumer was referred cannot provide services. If the human service center or the unit to which the consumer has been referred cannot provide services, the professional staff member shall document, in the consumer record, the reasons the consumer is not provided services. The consumer, or parent or guardian, must be informed of the results of the review and the results must be documented in the consumer record.