Florida Administrative Code
63 - DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
63N - Mental Health/Substance Abuse/Developmental Disability Services
Chapter 63N-1 - SERVICE DELIVERY
Section 63N-1.00953 - Monitoring of Youth Upon Removal from Precautionary or Secure Observation - General Requirements

Universal Citation: FL Admin Code R 63N-1.00953

Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024

(1) Transition to Standard Supervision. The youth placed on Precautionary Observation prior to an Assessment of Suicide Risk who receives an Assessment of Suicide Risk and is not found to be a Potential Suicide Risk may be transitioned directly to standard supervision.

(2) Step-Down to Close Supervision and Normal Routine.

(a) Close Supervision shall be initiated for any youth who had been placed or maintained on Precautionary Observation following an Assessment of Suicide Risk which identified the youth as a Potential Suicide Risk.

(b) Close Supervision shall be initiated for any youth being removed from Secure Observation or who was in a Secure Observation Room at any time during Suicide Precautions.

(c) Close Supervision shall be maintained until determined no longer necessary by the Designated Mental Health Clinician Authority or other Licensed Mental Health Professional in the facility or program.

(d) The facility or program's Mental Health Clinical Staff shall maintain regular contact with the youth for support and to determine changes in his or her status during Close Supervision.

(3) Discontinuation of Close Supervision shall be documented in the youth's Active Mental Health/Substance Abuse File or mental health section of the Individual Healthcare Record by a Mental Health Clinical Staff Person and reviewed and signed by a Licensed Mental Health Professional if documented by a non-licensed Mental Health Clinical Staff Person. The superintendent or program director or designee shall document discontinuation of Close Supervision in the facility log.

Rulemaking Authority 985.64(2) FS. Law Implemented 985.601(3)(a), 985.14(3)(a), 985.145(1), 985.18, 985.48(4), 985.64(2) FS.

New 3-16-14.

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