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 701-3.0 - Qualifications of Applicants for Credentialed Mental Health Screener
Universal Citation: 9 DE Admin Code 701-3.0
Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024
3.1 Psychiatrists, Board Certified Emergency Physicians, and Physicians.
3.1.1 Psychiatrists, board certified emergency physicians and physicians who meet the criteria of subsections 3.1 through 3.3 of 16 DE Admin. Code 6002 Credentialing Mental Health Screeners and Payment for Voluntary Admissions may authorize detainment for a psychiatric evaluation of any person, over or under age 18 as detailed in 16 DE Admin. Code 6002.
3.2 Licensed Non-Physician Mental Health Professionals
3.2.1 A credentialed Licensed Non-Physician Mental Health Professional, who meets the qualifications enumerated in this regulation, may authorize detainment for a psychiatric evaluation of a person under the age of 18.
3.2.2 Licensed Non-Physician Mental Health Professionals must meet the following qualifications:
3.2.2.1 Registered Nurse. Each applicant shall document current licensure by the State of Delaware as a Registered Nurse with a BSN degree and in good standing, as set forth in 24 Del.C. Ch. 19;
3.2.2.2 Advanced Practice Nurse. Each applicant shall document current licensure by the State of Delaware as an Advanced Practice Nurse in good standing, as set forth in 24 Del.C. Ch. 19;
3.2.2.3 Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Each applicant shall document current licensure in the State of Delaware as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in good standing, as set forth in 24 Del.C. Ch. 39 and have at least 2 years/4000 hours of post masters clinical experience;
3.2.2.4 Licensed Professional Counselor of Mental Health. Each applicant shall document current licensure by the State of Delaware as a Licensed Professional Counselor of Mental Health in good standing, as set forth in 24 Del.C. Ch. 30 and have at least 2 years/4000 hours of post masters clinical experience;
3.2.2.5 Licensed Psychologist. Each applicant shall document current licensure by in the State of Delaware as a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in good standing, as set forth in 24 Del.C. Ch. 35;
3.2.2.6 Licensed Physician Assistant. Each applicant shall document current licensure by the State of Delaware as a Licensed Physician Assistant in good standing, as set forth in 24 Del.C. Ch. 17, and employment under the delegated authority of a licensed physician.
3.2.2.7 Other Licensed Behavioral Health Professional. The Secretary of the Department of Services for Children Youth and Their Families may designate other behavioral or mental health professionals, who are licensed under Delaware Law, and the Secretary may set requirements for their qualifications to serve as juvenile mental health screeners.
3.2.3 Additional requirements; Licensed Non-Physician Mental Health Professionals
3.2.3.1 Licensed Non-Physician Mental Health Professionals must complete DPBHS's juvenile mental health screener training, or the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health mental health screener training, in order to be authorized to act as a juvenile mental health screener.
3.2.3.2 Current employment or contract relationship required with one of the following: DSCYF operated facility, DSCYF crisis services, a Delaware licensed medical hospital, or a Delaware licensed mental health hospital under contract with DSCYF. A credentialed Licensed Non-Physician Mental Health Professional will no longer be considered a Juvenile Mental Health Screener, and his authority to authorize detainments will end, when the professional is no longer employed by the DSCYF operated facility, or employed by or under contract with the DSCYF to perform crisis services, or is no longer employed by or under contract with a Delaware licensed medical hospital or a Delaware licensed mental health hospital under contract with the DSCYF.
3.2.3.3 Each applicant under this section must be approved or credentialed by the DPBHS.
3.3 Unlicensed Non-Physician Mental Health Professionals under Direct Supervision of a Psychiatrist
3.3.1 A credentialed Unlicensed Non-Physician Mental Health Professional, who meets the qualifications enumerated in this regulation, may authorize detainment for the psychiatric evaluation of a person under the age of 18, if they meet the following qualifications:
3.3.1.1 Current employment or contract relationship with the DPBHS Mobile Response and Stabilization Service Program;
3.3.1.2 At least a master's degree in a mental health related field;
3.3.1.3 At least two years of clinical or crisis experience.
3.3.2. An unlicensed non-physician mental health professional who is a credentialed juvenile mental health screener under this section, working under their organization's practice standards and guidelines, is required to discuss the minor's condition on the phone or through telepsychiatry with a supervising psychiatrist when the detainment decision is being made. The detainment can only occur if the supervising psychiatrist agrees with and countersigns the decision to authorize the detainment. Within 24 hours of the detainment, the original emergency detention form with the supervising psychiatrist's signature, or an electronic copy of the form, must be placed in the minor's medical record at the facility or site where the detainment occurred.
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