New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 20 - MENTAL HEALTH
Part 11 - CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Section 7.20.11.27 - DAY TREATMENT SERVICES
Universal Citation: 7 NM Admin Code 7.20.11.27
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Day treatment services as defined herein are provided in a school or other community setting and are distinct from partial hospitalization servicesprovided in a psychiatric hospital. Education services are provided through the public school system or through a New Mexico accredited private school in coordination with the day treatment services.
B. Personnel:
(1) Direct service staff may be unlicensed or
uncertified paraprofessionals such as teacher aides, mental health workers,
psychiatric technicians or similar direct service workers. At least one staff
member who has received all training required in 27.B (a) through (f) is
present during program hours. The direct service staff receives documented
clinical supervision for a minimum of two hours per month. The agency's direct
service staff must have at least a high school education or GED and 20 hours of
documented pre-service training, including, but not limited to crisis
management/intervention, behavior management, and emergency procedures, that
include current CPR and first aid certificates. Within 90 days of hire, the
staff will receive an additional 20 hours of documented training, including but
not be limited to:
(a) etiology and symptoms
of emotional disturbances and neurobiological disorders;
(b) family systems;
(c) basic communication and problem solving
skills;
(d) child and adolescent
development;
(e) issues related to
ethnic and cultural considerations of the clients served; and
(f) action and potential side effects of
medications.
(2)
Clinical director:
(a) Clinical director
qualifications: The clinical director possesses one of the following New Mexico
licenses; physician (physicians must be board-certified in psychiatry or
eligible to attain such certification), psychologist, licensed independent
social worker (LISW), licensed master social worker (LMSW), clinical nurse
specialist in child psychiatric nursing, registered nurse (RN) with a master's
degree in psychiatric nursing, licensed professional clinical mental health
counselor (LPCC), licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT), or licensed
independent school psychologist.
(b) In addition to having one of the above
licenses, the clinical director is required to have a minimum of two years of
experience in clinical practice with children, adolescents and
families.
(c) Clinical director
responsibilities: The responsibilities of the clinical director are to provide
clinical oversight of the services, as well as to provide supervision, support,
and consultation to all agency direct service staff.
(3) Clinical supervisor:
(a) Clinical supervisor qualifications: The
clinical supervisor possesses one of the following New Mexico licenses:
physician (physicians must be board-certified in psychiatry or eligible to
attain such certification), psychologist, licensed independent social worker
(LISW), clinical nurse specialist in child psychiatric nursing, registered
nurse (RN) with a master's degree in psychiatric nursing, licensed professional
clinical mental health counselor (LPCC), licensed marriage and family therapist
(LMFT), or licensed independent school psychologist.
(b) In addition to having one of the above
licenses, the clinical supervisor is required to have a minimum of two years of
experience in clinical practice with children, adolescents and
families.
(4) Therapist:
Therapist qualifications: The therapist possesses one of the following New
Mexico licenses: Physician (physicians must be board-certified in psychiatry or
eligible to attain such certification), psychologist, licensed independent
social worker (LISW), licensed master social worker (LMSW), clinical nurse
specialist in child psychiatric nursing, registered nurse (RN) with a master's
degree in psychiatric nursing, licensed professional clinical mental health
counselor (LPCC), licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT), licensed
independent school psychologist, licensed professional mental health counselor
(LPC), licensed professional art therapist (LPAT), licensed entry level school
psychologist, or licensed mental health counselor (LMHC).
C. Services:
(1) Assessment and treatment planning conform
to Section 23 of these certification requirements.
(2) The agency provides adequate care and
continuous supervision of the client at all times in accordance with the
client's developmental and clinical needs.
(3) The structured program of care is
scheduled for a minimum of four hours per day, two to five days per week based
on the acuity and the clinical needs of the client and family. The agency
provides the following, pursuant to the client's treatment plan:
(a) individual, family, group or other
therapy, in whatever combination is appropriate to meet the needs of the
client;
(b) other services as
provided in the treatment plan;
(c)
development of life skills activities;
(d) crisis intervention;
(e) therapeutic recreation, when indicated by
the child's needs;
(f)
documentation of services provided, and of the client's progress or lack
thereof on each day that service is provided.
(4) The agency documents that:
(a) the child has access to the appropriate
educational services;
(b) the child
has opportunities for involvement in community, social, athletic and
recreational programs;
(c) the
child has opportunities to pursue personal, ethnic or cultural interests;
and
(d) advance schedules are
posted for structured and supervised activities which include individual, group
and family therapy, and other planned activities appropriate to the age,
behavioral and emotional needs of the client pursuant to the treatment
plan.
(5) The agency maintains a written agreement
with the public school district or private school so that appropriate
educational services are provided to clients in the day treatment services
program.
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