0940-05-30-.02
Personal Requirements For Intensive Day Treatment Program
Cite as Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-05-30-.02
FACILITIES.
(1)
Treatment and/or rehabilitation services must be provided by properly licensed or certified
mental health professionals or by mental health personnel who are under the direct
supervision of a properly licensed or certified mental health professional. Qualifications of
individuals who will provide educational programs shall meet the employment standards
outlined in the State Board of Education Rules, Regulations, and Minimum Standards.
(2)
The facility must maintain a written agreement with or employ a licensed physician to serve
as medical consultant.
(3)
If the consulting physician is not a psychiatrist, the facility must arrange for the regular,
consultative, and emergency services of a licensed psychiatrist.
(4)
The facility must provide at least one (1) staff person on-duty/on-site fore each six (6) clients
present. Staff persons counted in the staff-to-client 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, and students involved
in an on-site practice for academic credit may not be counted in the staff-to-client ratio.
MINIMUM PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR MENTAL
CHAPTER 0940-05-30
HEALTH INTENSIVE DAY TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR
CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS FACILITIES
(5)
The facility must provide at least one (1) on-duty staff member trained in First Aid, CPR, and
the Heimlich maneuver.
(6)
A training plan for each non—doctoral level staff person must be documented.
(7)
The operator must perform background checks on all employees and volunteers. A person,
whether an employee or a volunteer, who is named as a suspect in an “indicated” report of
child sexual abuse, or who is currently charged with committing a crime against a child must
not work as a caregiver or have any contact with the children.
(8)
Children must not be in the care of or have any direct contact while in the care of the facility
with a person who has been convicted of a crime involving children or of violating a law
enacted to protect children.