New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 75 - PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS UNDER AGE 21
Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Section 10:75-2.5 - Individual treatment teams
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:75-2.5
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Each resident's individual treatment plan shall be developed by a treatment team comprised of physicians and other personnel responsible for rendering services to the resident in the PRTF. See 42 C.F.R. 441.156. The team shall:
1. Assess the long and short term therapeutic
needs, developmental priorities, and the personal strengths and liabilities of
the resident;
2. Assess the
potential resources of the resident's family;
3. Set treatment objectives; and
4. Prescribe therapeutic modalities to
achieve the objectives of the plan of care.
(b) The treatment team shall include, at a minimum, either:
1. A board-certified or
board-eligible psychiatrist;
2. A
clinical psychologist who has a doctoral degree and a physician licensed to
practice medicine or osteopathy; or
3. A physician licensed to practice medicine
or osteopathy with specialized training and experience in the diagnosis and
treatment of mental diseases, and a psychologist who has a master's degree in
clinical psychology or who has been certified by the State or by the State
psychological association (see 45:14B-1 et seq.); and one of
the following:
i. A psychiatric social
worker;
ii. A registered nurse with
specialized training or one year's experience in treating individuals with
behavioral health challenges; or
iii. An occupational therapist who is
licensed and who has specialized training or one year of experience in treating
individuals with behavioral health challenges.
(c) For a child/youth/young adult who is enrolled with the DCF/DCSOC, the treatment team shall also include a minimum of one representative from the child-family team (CFT).
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