New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 31 - SCREENING AND SCREENING OUTREACH PROGRAM
Subchapter 3 - SCREENING AND SCREENING-OUTREACH PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS
Section 10:31-3.5 - Psychiatrist requirements, qualifications, and duties
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:31-3.5
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Each screening service shall employ one or more psychiatrists.
(b) The duties of the psychiatrist shall include, but not be limited to, the following activities with documentation:
1. Psychiatric assessment to determine if the
consumer meets the standard for commitment, regardless of consensual or
involuntary status.
i. The assessments in
(b)1 above may be accomplished by means of a Division-approved telepsychiatry
program, upon grant of a waiver under N.J.A.C. 10:31-11 and in accordance with
the telepsychiatry standards in
10:31-2.3(f);
2. Psychiatric evaluation and
management;
3. Prescription and
monitoring of medication;
4.
Completion of screening certificates;
5. Participation in the planning of
alternatives to hospitalization;
6.
Consultation with screeners;
7.
Consultation with other treating psychiatrists and physicians, as needed;
and
8. Consultation with emergency
room doctors involved in the case and those at the receiving
facility.
(c) The psychiatrist(s) shall receive training based on a Division-supplied curriculum that will address the New Jersey commitment standards and the local mental health system of care including, but not limited to, information about all least restrictive community treatment settings.
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