0940-05-44-.08
Professional Services
Cite as Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-05-44-.08
(1)
The facility must offer daily treatment services necessary to assess needs, help the service
recipient understand addiction and support the completion of the detoxification process.
(2)
The facility must plan for discharge to address service recipient needs as indicated in the
assessment/history in the following areas: vocational, educational skills and academic
performance; financial issues; cognitive, socio-emotional, and psychological issues; social,
family, and peer interactions; physical health; community living skills and housing information.
Such services may be provided directly by the agency or indirectly by referral to other service
providers. Referral agreements with frequently used providers must be documented. The
provision of such services to individual service recipients must be documented in the service
recipient record at the facility.
(3)
The facility must document either by written agreements or by program services access to an
interdisciplinary team of appropriately trained clinicians (such as physicians, registered
nurses, licensed practical nurses, counselors, social workers and psychologists) to assess,
obtain, and interpret information regarding service recipient needs. The number and
disciplines of team members must be appropriate to the range and severity of the service
recipient’s problem.
MINIMUM PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR ALCOHOL AND
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(4)
The facility must document, either by written agreements or by program services, the
provision of twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week availability of immediate
medical evaluation and care.