Personnel Requirements For Outpatient Facilities

(1) Provide direct-treatment and/or rehabilitation services by mental health professionals or by mental health personnel who are under the direct clinical supervision of a mental health professional. (2) Maintain a written agreement with or employ a physician to serve as medical consultant to the facility. (3) If the physician is not a psychiatrist, the facility must also arrange for the regular, consultative and emergency services of a psychiatrist. (4) In case of a medical or other type of emergency, the facility staff must have immediate access to relevant information in the client’s record.