Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 450 - Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Chapter 55 - Standards and Criteria for Programs of Assertive Community Treatment
Subchapter 3 - Program Description And Pact Services
Section 450:55-3-5 - Hours of operation and staff coverage
Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 450:55-3-5
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) The PACT program shall assure adequate coverage to meet consumers' needs including but not limited to:
(1) The PACT team shall be available to
provide treatment, rehabilitative and support services seven days per week,
including holidays and evenings, according to the following:
(A) For weekdays, Monday through Friday, the
PACT team hours of operation for a team size greater than 8 FTEs, excluding the
psychiatrist, the APN and program assistant, shall be two overlapping
eight-hour-shifts for a total of 10 hours of coverage per day and for a team
size of 8 FTE or less , excluding the psychiatrist, the APN and program
assistant, shall be a single eight-hour shift; with consumer needs as specified
in the treatment plans driving any extended hours of operation.
(B) For weekends and holidays, regardless of
the number of FTE's, for all teams, there shall be eight (8) hours of coverage
per day with a minimum of one (1) clinical staff. Staff will be available on
weekends and holidays as needed OR staff who are regularly scheduled to provide
the necessary services on a client-by-client basis on weekends and holidays and
evenings.
(2) The PACT
team shall operate an after-hours on-call system. PACT shall regularly schedule
PACT staff for on-call duty to provide crisis and other services during the
assigned on-call hours when staff is not working to personally respond to
consumers by telephone or in person on a 24 hour per day, 7 day a week
basis.
(3) Psychiatric or APN
backup shall also be available and on-call during all after-hours periods. If
availability of the PACT team's psychiatrist during all hours is not feasible,
alternative psychiatric backup shall be arranged.
(b) Compliance with 450:55-3-5 shall be determined by on-site observation and a review of the following: clinical records, PICIS information and the PACT policy and procedures.
Added at 20 Ok Reg 683, eff 2-27-03 (emergency); Added at 21 Ok Reg 1093, eff 7-1-04; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 974, eff 7-1-05; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1445, eff 7-1-06; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1422, eff 7-1-07; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1015, eff 7-1-10
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