Alabama Administrative Code
Title 560 - ALABAMA MEDICAID AGENCY
Chapter 560-X-41 - PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS UNDER AGE 21
Section 560-X-41-.05 - Medical, Psychiatric, And Social Evaluations
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1) Before admission to a psychiatric facility or before authorization for payment, the attending physician or staff physician must make a medical evaluation of each recipient's need for care in the facility and appropriate professional personnel must make a psychiatric and social evaluation. The psychiatric evaluation must be completed within 60 days of admission. The specific requirements for psychiatric medical records may be found at 42 CFR, 482.61.
(2) Each medical evaluation must include:
Author: Solomon Williams, Associate Director, Institutional Services
Statutory Authority: State Plan, Attachment 3.1-A, pp. 7, 7.16;
42 C.F.R. § 456.170.
