Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Individuals are eligible to provide and
supervise within their professional scope of practice those services certified
by the Ohio department of mental health and addiction services and listed and
described in Chapter 5122-29 of the Administrative Code.
(B) Licensed, certified or registered
individuals shall comply with current, applicable scope of practice,
supervisory, and ethical requirements identified by appropriate licensing,
certifying or registering bodies.
(C) Individuals providing the following
services who are not otherwise credentialed by the Ohio chemical dependency
professionals board; Ohio counselor, social worker and marriage and family
therapist board; state medical board of Ohio; Ohio board of nursing, Ohio board
of pharmacy, or Ohio board of psychology shall not provide any service or
activity for which a credential by one of these boards is required by the
Revised Code or Administrative Code and shall meet the requirements of a
qualified behavioral health specialist in paragraph (D) of this rule:
(1) Mental health day treatment in accordance
with rule
5122-29-06
of the Administrative Code.
(2) SUD
case management services in accordance with rule
5122-29-13
of the Administrative Code.
(3)
Mobile response and stabilization service in accordance
with rule
5122-29-14 of the
Adminstrative Code.
(4) Community
psychiatric supportive treatment in accordance with rule 5122-19-17 of the
Administrative Code.
(5) Therapeutic
behavioral services and psychosocial rehabilitation in accordance with rule
5122-19-18 of the Administrative Code.
(6)
Intensive home
based treatment (IHBT) service in accordance with rule
5122-29-28
of the Administrative Code.
(7) Assertive community
treatment (ACT) service in accordance with rule
5122-29-29
of the Administrative Code.
(D) Qualified behavioral health specialist.
(1) Qualified behavioral health specialist
(QBHS) means an individual who has received training for or education in either
mental health or substance use disorder competencies; and who has demonstrated,
prior to or within ninety days of hire the minimum competencies in basic mental
health or substance use disorder and recovery skills listed in this rule. The
individual shall not otherwise be required to perform duties covered under the
scope of practice according to Ohio professional licensure.
(2) Basic competencies for each QBHS shall
include, at a minimum, an understanding of:
(a) Either mental illness or substance use
disorder treatment and recovery;
(b) The community behavioral health system,
social service systems, the criminal justice system, and other healthcare
systems;
(c) Psychiatric and
substance use disorder symptoms and their impact on functioning and
behavior,
(d) How to
therapeutically engage either with a person with mental illness or a person in
substance use disorder treatment and recovery;
(e) Crisis response procedures;
and,
(f) De-escalation techniques
and an understanding of how the individual's own behavior can impact the
behavior of others.
(3)
The employing provider shall establish additional competency requirements, as
appropriate, for each QBHS based upon the services to be performed,
characteristics and needs of the persons to be served, and skills appropriate
to the position.
(4) A QBHS must be
supervised by an individual qualified to supervise the provisions of services
within in their scope of practice.
(E) QBHS includes both a qualified mental
health specialist and a care management specialist.
