Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 3
Subtitle 21 - MENTAL HYGIENE REGULATIONS
Chapter 10.21.26 - Community Mental Health Programs-Residential Crisis Services
Section 10.21.26.11 - Staff Support and Mental Health Services - Treatment Foster Care
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 10.21.26.11
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. Staff Support. The RCS program director shall assure that:
(1) RCS mental health professional staff
provides, to the foster care provider, specialized training in mental health
crisis recognition, management, and intervention, before placing any
individuals in the foster home; and
(2) The RCS program has the capacity to
provide staff to deliver, in the foster home, on an emergency basis:
(a) 24-hour, awake supervision; and
(b) One-to-one support.
B. Psychiatric Evaluation and Intervention. The program director shall ensure appropriate evaluation and documentation of needed treatment interventions:
(1) By consultation with the psychiatrist who
is currently treating the individual;
(2) Through a written agreement with a
provider of mental health treatment, who will provide face-to-face evaluation
by a psychiatrist before the development of the ITP; or
(3) Through a written agreement with an
outpatient mental health clinic, approved under COMAR 10.21.20, that will
provide consultation with a psychiatrist and face-to-face evaluation by a
mental health professional privileged by the program and appointed by the
medical director to provide the service.
C. Treatment and Support Services.
(1) The program director shall assure that:
(a) An individual receives the care or
treatment outlined in the ITP under Regulation .07A of this chapter;
and
(b) As required by an
individual's ITP, a mental health professional is available to provide mental
health services on site at the foster home.
(2) Medication Services.
(a) A foster care provider shall:
(i) Administer an individual's medications,
as permitted under COMAR 10.27.11; or
(ii) Monitor an individual's
self-administration of medications.
(b) The program director shall assure that,
if an individual's ITP requires that RCS staff provide medication services,
monitoring or administration of medication is carried out as outlined under
Regulation .09C(2) of this chapter.
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