Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice
Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing
Article 9 - Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers
7 AAC 50.815 - Qualifications of caregiver staff
Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 50.815
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) In addition to the orientation and training described in 7 AAC 50.820, a caregiver employee in a residential psychiatric treatment center must have completed
(1) a bachelor's level degree program from an
accredited college or university in a human services related field;
(2) at least six months of full-time work
experience in residential treatment for children, inpatient long-term treatment
for children, or other treatment of severely emotionally disturbed children and
(A) an associate level degree from an
accredited college or university in a human services related field;
or
(B) at least two years of
college credit toward a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or
university in a human services related field;
(3) at least one year of full-time caregiver
experience in residential treatment for children, inpatient long-term treatment
of children, or treatment of severely emotionally disturbed children and a
(A) high school diploma; or
(B) general educational development
diploma;
(C) repealed
1/29/2010;
(4)
documentation of successful completion of no less than 100 hours of
competency-based training provided by the caregiver's current employer, which
at a minimum addresses the areas described in
7 AAC 50.820(c) (1) - (4), (c)(6) -
(11), and a
(A) high school diploma;
or
(B) general educational
development diploma.
(b) In this section, "human services related field" means social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, nursing, guidance and counseling, sociology, special education, addictions and chemical dependency, behavioral or health sciences, or a closely related field.
Authority:AS 44.29.020
AS 47.14.100
AS 47.14.120
AS 47.32.030
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