Program criteria

An outpatient services program shall provide skilled treatment services that may include any combination of the following: 1. Individual or group counseling or both, motivational enhancement, brief intervention, cognitive-behavioral therapy, opioid substitution therapy, family therapy, educational groups, occupational and recreational therapy, or other psychotherapy; 2. Case coordination, case management, or assertive community treatment; 3. Services that are provided in an amount, frequency, and intensity appropriate to a client's treatment plan; 4. Issues of psychotropic medication and mental health treatment and their relationship to substance use disorders are addressed as the need arises for patients with mental health problems; 5. Dual diagnosis enhanced programs offer therapies to actively address, monitor, and manage psychotropic medication, mental health treatment, and the interaction with substance-related disorders. 6. Counseling or assessment of a client regarding the client's abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance must be provided by a licensed addiction counselor as provided in North Dakota Century Code chapter 43-45. The provision of case management and educational services do not need to be performed by licensed addiction counselors. A licensed addiction counselor must be present in all team meetings where level of care and treatment planning decisions are made regarding a client receiving or referred for substance abuse services.