Program criteria

An intensive outpatient program shall provide: 1. A combination of individual and group therapy as deemed appropriate by an assessment and treatment plan; 2. Medical and nursing services as deemed appropriate by an assessment and treatment plan; 3. A system for consultation or referral for identified treatment needs if such services are not available in the program and which includes close coordination of such services by the program and an effort by the program to arrange needed medical or psychiatric services by telephone within twenty-four hours of when the need was identified and in-person services within a time frame appropriate to the severity and issue; 4. Family treatment services as deemed appropriate by an assessment and treatment plan; 5. Educational and informational programming adaptable to individual client needs and developmental status; and 6. If treatment hours conflict with school hours, an intensive outpatient program shall arrange onsite homework assistance coordinated with the client's home school.