Florida Administrative Code
63 - DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
63N - Mental Health/Substance Abuse/Developmental Disability Services
Chapter 63N-1 - SERVICE DELIVERY
Section 63N-1.0102 - Crisis Intervention Services and Mental Health Alerts

Universal Citation: FL Admin Code R 63N-1.0102

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

(1) When a youth has received a Crisis Assessment and has been determined to exhibit behaviors which pose a potential safety or security risk in the facility or program, the following must occur:

(a) The youth must be maintained or continue to be coded as a "Mental Health Alert, " and Mental Health Supportive Services provided.

(b) A youth determined through Crisis Assessment to exhibit behaviors which pose a potential safety or security risk must remain on "Mental Health Alert" status until a subsequent Mental Status Examination determines that the youth's mental health Crisis is resolved and no longer poses a potential safety or security risk.

(2) Follow-up Mental Status Examination of the youth must be conducted by a Licensed Mental Health Professional or a Mental Health Clinical Staff Person working under the direct supervision of a Licensed Mental Health Professional.

(a) The Follow-up Mental Status Examination must be documented in the youth's Crisis Assessment Form (MHSA 023) or a form developed by the program which contains all the information required in form MHSA 023.

(b) The follow-up Mental Status Examination, if conducted by a non-licensed Mental Health Clinical Staff Person must be reviewed and signed as reviewer by a Licensed Mental Health Professional.

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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