Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 196 - Human Services Department
Chapter 2960 - LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN
CERTIFICATION STANDARDS; RESIDENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE
Part 2960.0630 - CLINICAL SUPERVISION BY MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Universal Citation: MN Rules 2960.0630

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024

Subpart 1. Mental health professional consultation.

The license holder must ensure that the residential program employs or contracts with a mental health professional to provide consultation relating to the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of program services.

Subp. 2. Supervision of staff.

A mental health professional must provide at least weekly face-to-face clinical supervision to staff providing program services to a resident. The mental health professional:

A. must provide clinical supervision of staff either individually or as a group;

B. must document the clinical supervision of staff;

C. must advise the facility director about the planning, development, and implementation of staff development and evaluation; and

D. may provide consultation instead of clinical supervision to other mental health professionals under contract or employed by the license holder to provide program services to a resident.

Subp. 3. Supervision of treatment.

A mental health professional must:

A. supervise the diagnostic assessment of each resident in the facility and the development of each resident's individual treatment plan;

B. document involvement in the treatment planning process by signing the individual treatment plan;

C. supervise the implementation of the individual treatment plan and the ongoing documentation and evaluation of each resident's progress, including the quarterly progress review; and

D. document on a biweekly basis a review of all the program services provided for the resident in the preceding weeks.

The license holder must ensure that the mental health professional can be reached for consultation about a mental health emergency, at least by telephone, within 30 minutes.

Statutory Authority: L 1995 c 226 art 3 s 60; MS s 241.021; 245A.03; 245A.09

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