Delaware Administrative Code
Title 9 - Services for Children Youth and Their Families
Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services
701 - Qualifications for Juvenile Mental Health Screeners
Section 701-1.0 - Juvenile Mental Health Screener Credentialing
Universal Citation: 9 DE Admin Code 701-1.0
Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024
Title 16, Chapter 50 of the Delaware Code states that only Juvenile Mental Health Screeners, authorized by the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (DSCYF), may authorize a detainment of an individual under the age of 18 for emergency detention, pending a psychiatric evaluation. No person shall hold himself out to the public as a juvenile mental health screener unless the person is credentialed in accordance with this chapter, and acting in the capacity of their employment or contract relationship through which they have been granted juvenile mental health screener status. The Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services (DPBHS) is the DSCYF Division responsible for implementing and enforcing this law.
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