Other Services

(1) The program must arrange access to qualified dental, medical, nursing, and pharmaceutical care for service recipients of the program on a twenty-four (24) hours per day and seven (7) days a week basis. Service recipients or their families may choose a personal professional for non-emergency services. (2) The program must insure that each service recipient has had a physical examination within the six (6) months prior to admission or within thirty (30) days after admission. Such examinations should include routine screenings (such as vision and hearing) and laboratory examinations (such as Pap smear and blood work), as determined necessary by the physician, and special studies where the index of suspicion is high and thereafter as often as indicated by the service recipient’s physician. (3) In consultation with the service recipient/guardian/conservator, the program must arrange access for each service recipient for ongoing mental health services not provided by the program and assist the service recipient in keeping appointments and participating in such treatment programs. Documentation of such referrals must be kept in the service recipient’s record.