California Code of Regulations
Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services
Division 6 - Division of Juvenile Justice
Chapter 5 - Health Care Services
Article 4 - Suicide, Prevention, Assessment, and Response
Section 30690 - Suicide Prevention, Assessment, and Response
Universal Citation: 9 CA Code of Regs 30690
Current through Register 2025 Notice Reg. No. 13, March 28, 2025
(a) The superintendent of each facility shall establish a suicide prevention, assessment, and response policy that is consistent with the following elements:
(1)
Identification and screening based on a file review and a face-to-face
interview with each ward upon intake at each reception center and clinic,
institution, or camp.
(2)
Assessment and referral to include:
(A)
Referral of any potentially suicidal ward to the appropriate mental health
professional.
(B) Assessment of the
ward's suicidal status at each progress case conference.
(C) Immediate referral to the appropriate
mental health professional for any ward who appears to need
intervention.
(3) Crisis
management based on direct daily contact with wards and skills in observation
and awareness of changes in mood or behavior.
(4) Immediate intervention after direct
visual evidence of a suicide attempt, a suicide threat, or indications of
suicidal ideation.
(5) Monitoring
guidelines for actively suicidal wards to include:
(A) Constant sight supervision by staff on a
one-on-one basis unless video monitoring is available.
(B) Personal and verbal contact at no more
than 15 minute intervals with documentation of each 15 minute check.
(C) A determination by the appropriate mental
health professional of the level of housing, supervision, and programming
necessary to effectively manage the crisis. The decision to remove a ward from
suicide watch is to be made only by a designated psychiatrist or
psychologist.
(6)
Training for all staff in the recognition of signs of suicidal ideation or
intent and suicide prevention.
(A)
Orientation for all volunteers and others working with wards in the recognition
of suicidal ideation or intent.
(B)
Annual training for mental health professionals designated as the primary
caregiver for suicidal wards.
(7) Standardized reporting and collection of
data regarding suicide threats, gestures, and attempts with review by a Suicide
Prevention and Review Committee at each institution and a Branch
Committee.
1. Change without regulatory effect adopting article 4 (section 30690) and renumbering title 15, section 4744 to title 9, section 30690 filed 2-13-2020 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2020, No. 7).
Note: Authority cited: Section 1712, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 1001, 1002, 1004, 1752 and 1755.3, Welfare and Institutions Code.
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