0940-05-15-.03
Personnel Requirements
Cite as Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-05-15-.03
(1)
Treatment and/or rehabilitation services must be provided by mental health professionals or
by mental health service personnel.
MINIMUM PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH
CHAPTER 0940-05-15
ADULT DAY TREATMENT SERVICES
(2)
The program must provide access to general medical services either by a written agreement
with a medical facility or physician or by employing a physician who is a non-psychiatrist to
serve as medical consultant.
(3)
The program must maintain a written agreement with a psychiatrist to serve as a psychiatric
consultant.
(4)
The program must provide at least one (1) staff person on-duty/on-site for each ten- (10)
service recipients present. Staff persons counted in the staff-to-service recipient ratio may
only be persons who are assigned to provide direct day program services as described by
written job description. Support staff such as clerical, housekeeping, van and bus driver staff;
students involved in an on-site practicum for academic credit, and volunteers, may not be
counted in the staff-to-recipient ratio.
(5)
The program must provide at least one on duty staff certified in CPR and trained in First aid
and the Heimlich maneuver.