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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 8 - Maternity Homes › 7 AAC 50.700 - Applicability

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as otherwise provided in
				  7 AAC 50.700 -
				  7 AAC 50.790, the provisions of
				  7 AAC 50.700 -
				  7 AAC 50.790 apply to maternity homes for persons of any
				  age.
(b) In addition to the
				  standards for maternity care set out in
				  7 AAC 50.700 -
				  7 AAC 50.790, a maternity home shall comply with the
				  standards for care of children in a residential child care facility prescribed
				  by this chapter. The standards for care of children in a residential child care
				  facility do not apply to adult clients in a maternity home.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.35.010(a)(3)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 8 - Maternity Homes › 7 AAC 50.710 - Short term prematernal care

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A maternity
				  home that specializes in short term prematernal care and occasional short term
				  care to mothers and infants is exempt from the requirements of
(1)7 AAC 50.110(d); however, the facility
				  shall designate an adult caregiver or associate administrator to act on behalf
				  of the administrator in the absence of the administrator from the
				  facility;
(2)7 AAC 50.300; however, notwithstanding the exemption of this
				  paragraph, the provisions of
				  7 AAC 50.300(a) apply with regard to an
				  adolescent client;
(3)7 AAC 50.330;
(4)7 AAC 50.340;
(5)7 AAC 50.400, however, notwithstanding the exemption of this
				  paragraph, the provisions of
				  7 AAC 50.400 apply with regard to an adolescent client
				  and a child of an adolescent or adult client;
(6)7 AAC 50.410;
(7)7 AAC 50.425;
(8)7 AAC 50.455;
(9)7 AAC 50.730(c) and (d);
(10)7 AAC 50.740(a) (2), (a)(3), (a)(8), (b), and (c);
(11)7 AAC 50.750;
(12)7 AAC 50.770(f); and
(13)7 AAC 50.780(c).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 8 - Maternity Homes › 7 AAC 50.720 - Training

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility must have a training plan that
				  ensures each caregiver receives at least one hour of training in each of the
				  following topics within the first year of employment:
(1) prenatal care, including nutrition,
				  pregnancy issues, and child birth;
(2) infant and early childhood growth and
				  development;
(3) infant and early
				  childhood care and stimulation;
(4)
				  drug, tobacco, and alcohol use by and effects on children;
(5) human sexuality and prevention of
				  disease; and
(6) depression and
				  suicide prevention.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 8 - Maternity Homes › 7 AAC 50.730 - Admission and planning

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility shall require an expectant
				  mother who is admitted to the facility to have a complete medical examination,
				  including obstetrical information and findings, not later than one week after
				  the admission of the expectant mother.
(b) A facility shall compile a family medical
				  history on the expectant mother and, if available, the father.
(c) Repealed 7/1/2022.
(d) If an adolescent expresses interest in
				  surrendering her infant for adoption, the facility shall
(1) provide the adolescent with an initial
				  explanation of the implications and process of adoption;
(2) notify the adolescent's placement worker,
				  if applicable;
(3) notify the
				  adolescent's parent, if applicable; and
(4) offer the adolescent information on child
				  placement agencies.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 8 - Maternity Homes › 7 AAC 50.740 - Care and services

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility must have a planned program to
				  care for pregnant and parenting individuals. The program must be submitted to
				  and approved by the department. The plan must provide for
(1) preparation for delivery of the baby,
				  including childbirth classes;
(2)
				  assistance in decision making in relation to the child, including referral to a
				  placement agency for addressing
(A) adoption
				  counseling for a mother planning to relinquish the mother's parental rights;
				  and
(B) legal rights and
				  obligations in relation to parenthood or relinquishment of parental
				  rights;
(3) help to the
				  mother with family, peer, and other significant relationships, including
				  paternal involvement;
(4) parenting
				  education for mothers keeping their babies;
(5) infant stimulation and child development,
				  where applicable;
(6) health
				  education, prenatal care, and where applicable, postnatal care;
(7) physical care of pregnant and parenting
				  individuals and care and services to mothers and their infants within the
				  facility after childbirth, where applicable; and
(8) socialization and support opportunities
				  for single mothers, where applicable.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 8 - Maternity Homes › 7 AAC 50.750 - Services regarding paternal involvement

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The facility
				  shall explain to an adolescent mother each of the following, as appropriate:
(1) the benefits of the mother's establishing
				  paternity for her infant, her options for establishing paternity, and how
				  paternity may be established;
(2)
				  how to deal with future questions the mother's child may have about the child's
				  father;
(3) how the mother may
				  manage visitation arrangements between her child and the child's father;
				  and
(4) that the mother's decision
				  concerning establishment of paternity is not a condition for her remaining in
				  the facility.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 8 - Maternity Homes › 7 AAC 50.760 - Parenting education

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility must have a curriculum or
				  guidelines for providing parenting education. The curriculum or guidelines must
				  include
(1) personal growth and
				  maturity;
(2) interpersonal
				  relationships;
(3) infant and early
				  child development, including age appropriate stimulation and activities for
				  infants and toddlers, managing behavior, and options for toilet
				  training;
(4) safety and accident
				  prevention;
(5) physical care,
				  nutrition, and health of infants and young children;
(6) time, budget, and household
				  management;
(7) community resources
				  that provide assistance; and
(8)
				  selecting and monitoring care of the child by others.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 8 - Maternity Homes › 7 AAC 50.770 - Health

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility shall ensure that each
				  expectant mother is under the medical supervision of a licensed
				  physician.
(b) A facility shall
				  ensure that periodic examinations and laboratory tests recommended by a
				  physician are performed according to standards of good prenatal care.
(c) A facility that admits pregnant
				  adolescents earlier than 60 days before delivery shall ensure that
(1) a pregnant adolescent receives
				  comprehensive prenatal care, including regular visits to an obstetrician or
				  certified nurse mid-wife, according to the schedule of the professional
				  providing the care;
(2) medical
				  appointments the pregnant adolescent misses are made up; and
(3) a system is established to provide
				  background medical information on the pregnant adolescent to the hospital or
				  birthing center that the pregnant adolescent has identified as the location of
				  the baby's delivery.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 8 - Maternity Homes › 7 AAC 50.780 - Discharge and aftercare

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility
				  shall discharge an infant only to the infant's parent or a licensed child
				  placement agency.
(b) A facility
				  must have a written policy that a pregnant individual seeking adoptive
				  placement for her infant shall be referred to a child placement agency or to
				  the department.
(c) For a mother
				  leaving a facility, the facility shall provide aftercare services or refer the
				  mother to services in the community.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 8 - Maternity Homes › 7 AAC 50.790 - Safety precautions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility shall provide beds for all
				  pregnant and parenting individuals and may not allow the use of bunk
				  beds.
(b) A facility may not
				  provide for childbirth. The facility shall provide transportation for pregnant
				  adolescents and women to a birthing center or hospital for childbirth
				  services.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.35.010(a)(3)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 9 - Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers › 7 AAC 50.800 - Applicability

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as otherwise provided in
				  7 AAC 50.800 - 7 AAC 50.890, the provisions of
				  7 AAC 50.800 - 7 AAC 50.890 apply to residential
				  psychiatric treatment centers for children.
(b) In addition to the standards for
				  residential psychiatric treatment centers set out in
				  7 AAC 50.800 - 7 AAC 50.890, a residential psychiatric
				  treatment center shall comply with the general standards set out in this
				  chapter for care of children in a residential child care facility except if
				  those general standards conflict with the provisions of
				  7 AAC 50.800 - 7 AAC 50.890.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.14.120
AS 47.35.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 9 - Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers › 7 AAC 50.805 - Secure and semi-secure residential psychiatric treatment centers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility
				  that applies under this chapter for a license to operate as a residential
				  psychiatric treatment center for children must demonstrate in its application
				  to the department that the facility is
(1) a
				  semi-secure residential psychiatric treatment center; or
(2) both a semi-secure and secure residential
				  psychiatric treatment center.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 9 - Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers › 7 AAC 50.810 - Qualifications of medical, clinical, and other staff

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A residential
				  psychiatric treatment center shall appoint a physician as medical director of
				  the facility. The medical director must be
(1) a psychiatrist with experience in
				  psychiatric treatment of children; or
(2) a physician with training and experience
				  in treatment of children with mental health problems.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 9 - Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers › 7 AAC 50.815 - Qualifications of caregiver staff

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  the orientation and training described in
				  7 AAC 50.820, a caregiver employee in a residential
				  psychiatric treatment center must have completed
(1) a bachelor's level degree program from an
				  accredited college or university in a human services related field;
(2) at least six months of full-time work
				  experience in residential treatment for children, inpatient long-term treatment
				  for children, or other treatment of severely emotionally disturbed children and
(A) an associate level degree from an
				  accredited college or university in a human services related field;
				  or
(B) at least two years of
				  college credit toward a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or
				  university in a human services related field;
(3) at least one year of full-time caregiver
				  experience in residential treatment for children, inpatient long-term treatment
				  of children, or treatment of severely emotionally disturbed children and a
(A) high school diploma; or
(B) general educational development
				  diploma;
(C) repealed
				  1/29/2010;
(4)
				  documentation of successful completion of no less than 100 hours of
				  competency-based training provided by the caregiver's current employer, which
				  at a minimum addresses the areas described in
				  7 AAC 50.820(c) (1) - (4), (c)(6) -
				  (11), and a
(A) high school diploma;
				  or
(B) general educational
				  development diploma.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 9 - Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers › 7 AAC 50.825 - Admission

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to complying with the
				  requirements set out in
				  7 AAC 50.320 regarding admission to residential child care
				  facilities, a residential psychiatric treatment center shall comply with this
				  section.
(b) A residential
				  psychiatric treatment center shall perform a psychiatric assessment interview
				  of the child as set out in
				  7 AAC 135.110(e) and shall
(1) evaluate a recent assessment of the
				  potential resident performed by another professional mental health clinician;
				  or
(2) review the complete
				  treatment history of the potential resident.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 9 - Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers › 7 AAC 50.830 - Admission to secure care

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility that
				  is licensed as both a semi-secure and secure residential psychiatric treatment
				  center under
				  7 AAC 50.805 may place a child in the secure unit or
				  secure program of the facility if the facility complies with (b) of this
				  section and
(1) after the entry of a court
				  order under
				  AS
				  47.10.087 or
				  AS
				  47.12.255, the department applies to the
				  facility for the child's admission to the secure unit or program for a
				  specified period of time up to 90 days;
(2) the court has ordered that a child be
				  placed in a secure residential psychiatric treatment center for a specified
				  period of time, up to 90 days,
(A) by the
				  person taking custody of the child, if the court releases the child from the
				  department's custody under
				  AS
				  47.10.080(c)(2);
				  or
(B) as a condition of probation,
				  if the court releases the child from the department's custody under
				  AS
				  47.12.120(b)(2);
				  or
(3) the child's
				  parent, Indian custodian, or guardian has requested voluntary admission of the
				  child to the secure unit or program of the facility for a specified period of
				  time up to 60 days, and the facility documents that
(A) the facility has performed the
				  pre-admission assessment and evaluation required by
				  7 AAC 50.825(b);
(B) the child and the child's situation meets
				  the requirements of
				  7 AAC 50.825(d) (1); and
(C) in the written opinion of the medical
				  director and the clinical director of the facility, and any mental health
				  professional most recently involved in treatment or evaluation of the child
				  within a period of time no more than three months before the child's
				  application for admission to residential psychiatric treatment
(i) the child is gravely disabled or is
				  suffering from mental illness and, as a result, is likely to cause serious harm
				  to the child or to another person;
(ii) there is no reasonably available,
				  appropriate, and less restrictive alternative for the child's treatment or that
				  less restrictive alternatives have been tried and have failed; and
(iii) there is reason to believe that the
				  child's mental condition could be improved by the course of treatment or would
				  deteriorate if untreated.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 9 - Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers › 7 AAC 50.835 - Release from secure care

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A residential
				  psychiatric treatment center shall release a child from its secure unit or
				  program as soon as the child
(1) shows
				  significant improvement in the conditions caused by those diagnoses and
				  behaviors that justified the child's original admission to secure care under
				  7 AAC 50.830; and
(2) can effectively continue treatment in a
				  less restrictive setting.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 9 - Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers › 7 AAC 50.840 - Assessment and treatment plan in residential psychiatric treatment centers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Within 72 hours after a child's
				  admission, a residential psychiatric treatment center shall develop an initial
				  treatment plan for the child. The treatment plan must be completed within 15
				  days following the child's admission. The treatment plan must be tailored to
				  the individual child, and must be based on
(1) the pre-admission history of the
				  child;
(2) any recent pre-admission
				  assessments of the child; and
(3)
				  the most current evaluation and assessment of the child conducted by staff of
				  the residential psychiatric treatment center.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 9 - Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers › 7 AAC 50.845 - Continued treatment

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A residential psychiatric treatment
				  center shall conduct a complete progress evaluation
(1) at least every 30 days, for each child in
				  treatment who is not in a secure unit or program; and
(2) at least every seven days, for each child
				  who is in a secure unit or program.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 9 - Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers › 7 AAC 50.850 - Discharge planning

Current through May 31, 2024
Discharge planning by a residential psychiatric treatment
					 center must include the following documentation:
(1) documentation of discharge planning
				  immediately upon the child's admission;
(2) documentation of the child's progress
				  toward discharge; that progress must be documented at least
(A) twice a month by the facility's clinical
				  staff; and
(B) at least once a
				  month by the treatment team assembled under
				  7 AAC 50.840;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 9 - Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers › 7 AAC 50.855 - Discharge

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If, as a result of the progress
				  evaluation required by
				  7 AAC 50.845(a) if the residential
				  psychiatric treatment center recommends that the child not remain in treatment
				  in the facility, the facility shall document in its medical records that the
(1) child's condition can no longer be
				  safely, appropriately, or effectively treated in the facility's treatment
				  program, but that the child could be safely, appropriately, or effectively
				  treated in the treatment program of another residential psychiatric treatment
				  center;
(2) child's condition can
				  no longer be safely, appropriately, or effectively treated in the facility's
				  treatment program, and that persistent clinical indications exist that the
				  child needs a more intensive psychiatric treatment of the level of a
				  psychiatric hospital; however, the residential psychiatric treatment center may
				  not make a finding under this paragraph merely because the child suffers a
				  short-term or episodic worsening of the child's condition or behavior, unless
				  the facility documents that it has repeatedly but unsuccessfully attempted
				  intervention using all of its services and those of special consultants as
				  appropriate to arrest or reverse the worsening of the child's condition or
				  behavior;
(3) child's medical
				  condition requires transfer to a medical setting; or
(4) child no longer requires the intensity of
				  service and treatment of a residential psychiatric treatment center based on
				  documentation
(A) of demonstrably sustainable
				  gains in the areas described in
				  7 AAC 50.845(b) (1)(B) that the child
				  can sustain without requiring cueing or control by the program staff of a
				  residential psychiatric treatment center;
(B) that the child can be safely and
				  effectively treated in a less restrictive setting; and
(C) of a final plan as required under (b) of
				  this section for transition, discharge, and care after discharge for the
				  child.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 9 - Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers › 7 AAC 50.860 - Independent review of extended periods of treatment or stays in secure care

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				  residential psychiatric treatment center shall contract and pay for an
				  independent review of the progress evaluation performed under
				  7 AAC 50.845(a), the treatment plan
				  developed under
				  7 AAC 50.840, the progress of the child in treatment at
				  the facility up to the date of the evaluation, the child's educational
				  progress, and any other factors relevant to the child's condition or situation
				  and the possible need to stay in treatment at the facility if
(1) under
				  7 AAC 50.845(b) and after the progress
				  evaluation, the facility recommends to the court that a child admitted to a
				  secure unit or program under
				  7 AAC 50.830(1) or (2) remain a
				  resident at the residential psychiatric treatment center for more than
(A) 180 consecutive days after initial
				  admission to the facility, including therapeutic leave days under
				  7 AAC 50.850(5); or
(B) 180 days in any 12-month period;
				  or
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 9 - Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers › 7 AAC 50.865 - Child-to-caregiver ratios in residential psychiatric treatment center facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) At least one caregiver shall be on duty
				  in a residential psychiatric treatment center whenever at least one child in
				  treatment is present. At least two caregivers, at least one of whom is awake
				  during the resident sleeping hours, shall be on duty in a residential
				  psychiatric treatment center whenever two or more or more children who are
				  under 10 years of age are present.
(b) Except as provided in (a) of this
				  section, the caregiver-to-child ratio in a residential psychiatric treatment
				  center must be as follows:
(1) in a facility
				  or separate unit of the facility with fewer than 10 residents, one caregiver
				  for every three children during any time children are awake and engaged in
				  activity that is outside their sleeping quarters or outside sleeping
				  hours;
(2) in a facility or
				  separate unit of the facility with 10 or more residents, one caregiver for
				  every five children during any time children are awake and engaged in activity
				  that is outside their sleeping quarters or outside sleeping hours;
(3) one awake caregiver during sleeping hours
				  for every six children who are less than 10 years of age, or one awake
				  caregiver for every 10 children who are 10 years of age or greater, if
(A) the facility has in place procedures for
				  the caregiver to be able to call in another awake staff member as needed;
				  and
(B) the caregiver has access to
				  an on-call mental health professional for consultation.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 9 - Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers › 7 AAC 50.870 - Behavior management

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A residential psychiatric treatment
				  center shall comply with the behavior guidance requirements of
				  7 AAC 50.435.
(b) As a part of the resident's assessment
				  under 7 AAC 50.825(b)
				  and development of the resident's treatment plan under
				  7 AAC 50.840, the residential psychiatric treatment
				  center shall evaluate the history and experiences of the resident that may
				  affect how the resident would respond to isolation or restraint, including any
				  history of abuse, neglect, or other trauma, and shall develop a treatment plan
				  for the resident that takes into account the factors described in this
				  subsection and that seeks to avoid repeating or recalling the trauma or
				  emotional harm to the resident if any use of restraint or isolation is
				  anticipated to be used to manage the resident's behavior or if restraint or
				  isolation are ever used in an emergency situation with the resident. The
				  resident's caregivers shall be informed of the types or manner of restraint or
				  isolation which should not be used with the particular resident.
(c) A residential psychiatric treatment
				  center may not use restraint or isolation upon a resident for the convenience
				  of the staff, or to compel the resident's cooperation with the resident's
				  treatment plan;
(d) If a
				  residential psychiatric treatment center uses restraint or isolation upon a
				  resident, the facility shall direct its clinical staff to discuss the incident
				  that led to the use of restraint or isolation with the resident, the resident's
				  parents, the facility staff, involved in or affected by the incident, and any
				  residents involved in or affected by the incident, to assist the resident and
				  staff to understand why the incident occurred and what actions or responses
				  could have prevented it. The discussion must occur within 24 hours after the
				  incident.
(e) In the
				  behavior-management log required by
				  7 AAC 50.435(j) (2)(F), and after the
				  incident of restraint or isolation has ended, the residential psychiatric
				  treatment center shall document
(1) the
				  specific and less restrictive alternatives used by staff before the incident to
				  attempt to prevent the need for restraint or isolation of the resident;
				  and
(2) whether the type of
				  behavior by the resident or the use of restraint or isolation as a response to
				  the resident's behavior were anticipated in the resident's treatment
				  plan;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 9 - Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers › 7 AAC 50.875 - Medications

Current through May 31, 2024
A residential psychiatric treatment center subject to this
					 chapter must also comply with the applicable provisions of
					 7 AAC 10.1070 regarding medications.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.14.100
AS 47.14.120
AS 47.32.010
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 9 - Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers › 7 AAC 50.880 - Resident grievances

Current through May 31, 2024
A residential psychiatric treatment center shall establish
					 a grievance procedure by which a resident, or a parent, Indian custodian, or
					 guardian may seek redress of a grievance by a resident or on behalf of a
					 resident. The residential psychiatric treatment center shall give a copy of the
					 grievance procedure to the division, shall deliver a copy to each resident and
					 to each resident's parent, Indian custodian, or guardian, and shall post a
					 summary of the grievance procedure in at least two places in the facility where
					 the residents are likely to see it.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.14.100
AS 47.14.120
AS 47.35.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 9 - Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers › 7 AAC 50.885 - Educational services for residents

Current through May 31, 2024
A residential psychiatric treatment center shall provide,
					 within the facility, a school program for residents that provides the type and
					 quality of education that is offered in the community. The residential
					 psychiatric treatment center shall develop procedures to ensure that each
					 resident has educational guidance by qualified personnel. As part of the
					 resident's transition toward discharge from the facility, the residential
					 psychiatric treatment center may arrange for the resident to attend school
					 outside the facility.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.14.100
AS 47.14.120
AS 47.35.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 7 AAC 50.900 - Compliance and enforcement

Current through May 31, 2024
The department will conduct inspections and investigations
					 of a facility subject to this chapter to determine compliance with AS 47.32,
					 7 AAC 10.1000 -
					 7 AAC 10.1095, and this chapter as provided in AS 47.32
					 and 7 AAC 10.9600 -
					 7 AAC 10.9620, and will take enforcement action as
					 appropriate under AS 47.32.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.32.010
AS 47.32.020
AS 47.32.030
AS 47.32.090
AS 47.32.100
AS 47.32.110
AS 47.32.130
AS
						47.32.140
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 7 AAC 50.990 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter,
(1) "administrator" means individual who has
				  general administrative charge and oversight over a facility subject to this
				  chapter;
(2) "boarding care" means
				  care provided in a residential child care facility exclusively for children who
				  are residing outside of their home community for the purpose of obtaining
				  education;
(3) "caregiver" includes
				  an administrator, employee, contractor, substitute. volunteer, student intern,
				  or other individual in a facility whose duties include care and supervision of
				  children;
(4) "center" includes a
				  residential center;
(5) "chemical
				  restraint" means a drug that is administered to manage a resident's behavior in
				  a way that reduces the safety risk to the resident or others, that has the
				  temporary effect of restricting the resident's freedom of movement, and that is
				  not a standard treatment for the resident's medical or psychiatric
				  condition;
(6) "child" means an
				  individual who is
(A) under 18 years of age;
				  or
(B) under 21 years of age and in
				  the custody of the state;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 51 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 1 - Applicability and General Requirements › 7 AAC 51.010 - Applicability of 7 AAC 51.010 - 7 AAC 51.220 (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 51 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 2 - Foster Family Home Evaluation and Placement › 7 AAC 51.300 - Applicability of 7 AAC 51.300 - 7 AAC 51.380 (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 51 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 3 - Adoptive Family Home Evaluation and Placement › 7 AAC 51.400 - Applicability of 7 AAC 51.400 - 7 AAC 51.470 (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 52 - Juvenile Correctional Facilities and Juvenile Detention Facilities › Article 1 - Applicability › 7 AAC 52.001 - Applicability of chapter

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  otherwise provided, this chapter applies only with respect to facilities
				  operated and managed by employees of the Department of Health and Social
				  Services. Facilities that accept the placement of juveniles, under contract
				  with the division, shall comply with this chapter.
(b) Sections
				  7 AAC 52.005 -
				  7 AAC 52.040,
				  7 AAC 52.150 -
				  7 AAC 52.215, and
				  7 AAC 52.300 -
				  7 AAC 52.335 apply only to juvenile correctional
				  facilities. Sections
				  7 AAC 52.395 -
				  7 AAC 52.455 apply only to juvenile detention
				  facilities. Except as otherwise provided,
				  7 AAC 52.050 -
				  7 AAC 52.140,
				  7 AAC 52.250 -
				  7 AAC 52.270, and
				  7 AAC 52.350 -
				  7 AAC 52.380 apply to both juvenile correctional
				  facilities and juvenile detention facilities.
(c) The director may, upon notification that
				  a facility-wide emergency, endangering life, exists, suspend the operation of
				  this chapter only so long as the emergency exists.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
AS 47.14.010
AS 47.14.020
AS 47.14.050
AS
						47.14.100
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 52 - Juvenile Correctional Facilities and Juvenile Detention Facilities › Article 2 - Admission to Juvenile Correctional Facilities › 7 AAC 52.005 - Institutional classification

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) When a juvenile
				  has been institutionalized by court order, the juvenile shall appear before an
				  institutional classification committee for placement in a facility. The
				  division shall give the juvenile and the juvenile's parents or legal guardian
				  written notice at least five days before the hearing, except that any of those
				  individuals may waive the time period, in writing, on that individual's own
				  behalf.
(b) The institutional
				  classification committee must be composed of one representative from each of
				  the four division regions. The director's designee shall appoint each member.
				  The chair for the hearing is the representative for the division region where
				  the juvenile resides. The chair and other members of the committee must be
				  employees of the department. The chair is a nonvoting member of the committee.
				  The committee must have two members representing juvenile probation and two
				  members representing facility staff. A member who is absent from a
				  classification hearing shall assign a substitute from juvenile probation or
				  facility staff.
(c) Classification
				  meetings must be informal and nonadversarial in nature. The committee shall
				  reach a placement decision after considering the following factors:
(1) treatment objectives for the
				  juvenile;
(2) protection of the
				  public and the juvenile; and
(3)
				  resources available to the division.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 52 - Juvenile Correctional Facilities and Juvenile Detention Facilities › Article 2 - Admission to Juvenile Correctional Facilities › 7 AAC 52.010 - Criteria for admission

Current through May 31, 2024
When a juvenile has been institutionalized by court order
					 and classified to a particular facility by an institutional classification
					 committee, that facility may accept or reject the juvenile on the basis
					 of
(1) the ability of the facility to
				  help the juvenile, taking into consideration other available
				  alternatives;
(2) the ability of
				  the juvenile to participate in the programs of the facility; and
(3) the population of the facility.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
AS 47.12.120
AS 47.12.240
AS 47.14.010
AS 47.14.020
AS
						47.14.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 52 - Juvenile Correctional Facilities and Juvenile Detention Facilities › Article 2 - Admission to Juvenile Correctional Facilities › 7 AAC 52.015 - Legal authority to admit

Current through May 31, 2024
A juvenile may not be admitted to a juvenile correctional
					 facility unless
(1) the juvenile has
				  been adjudicated delinquent;
(2)
				  the juvenile's official record contains a valid institutional order;
				  and
(3) the juvenile has been
				  classified to the facility by an institutional classification committee or is
				  being moved to a facility closer to the juvenile's home as part of the release
				  process.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
AS 47.12.120
AS 47.12.240
AS 47.14.010
AS 47.14.020
AS
						47.14.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 52 - Juvenile Correctional Facilities and Juvenile Detention Facilities › Article 2 - Admission to Juvenile Correctional Facilities › 7 AAC 52.020 - Search upon admission

Current through May 31, 2024
Staff members of a facility may search each juvenile for
					 contraband immediately upon the juvenile's admission to the facility. However,
					 the staff may not strip search a juvenile charged with a traffic offense for
					 one hour after the juvenile is admitted to that facility. During that hour, the
					 juvenile may post bail, and the staff shall keep the juvenile separate from the
					 general population of the facility. If, at the end of one hour, it is not
					 apparent that bail will be posted imminently, the staff shall continue the
					 admission procedure, including a strip search. If, at any time, this juvenile's
					 actions are a threat to the safety and security of the facility, the staff may
					 use its discretion to strip search the juvenile and place him or her in a
					 secure room.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
AS 47.14.010
AS 47.14.020
AS 47.14.050
AS
						47.14.100
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 52 - Juvenile Correctional Facilities and Juvenile Detention Facilities › Article 2 - Admission to Juvenile Correctional Facilities › 7 AAC 52.025 - Physical examination

Current through May 31, 2024
Medical personnel shall give each new resident of a
					 facility a complete physical examination within seven days after
					 admission.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
AS 47.14.010
AS 47.14.020
AS 47.14.050
AS
						47.14.100
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 52 - Juvenile Correctional Facilities and Juvenile Detention Facilities › Article 2 - Admission to Juvenile Correctional Facilities › 7 AAC 52.030 - Photographs and fingerprints

Current through May 31, 2024
Juveniles may be photographed for investigative and
					 identification purposes. They may be fingerprinted under the same circumstances
					 as an adult may be fingerprinted under AS 12.08.060.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
AS 47.14.010
AS 47.14.020
AS 47.14.050
AS
						47.14.100
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 52 - Juvenile Correctional Facilities and Juvenile Detention Facilities › Article 2 - Admission to Juvenile Correctional Facilities › 7 AAC 52.035 - Placement in treatment program

Current through May 31, 2024
All juveniles accepted by a facility must be classified and
					 placed within a treatment program consistent with the treatment and
					 rehabilitative needs of the individual. The superintendent or superintendent's
					 designee shall assign a juvenile to a living unit within the facility upon
					 consideration of the juvenile's permanent record, recommendations of the
					 probation officer and facility staff, and any psychological testing
					 administered to the juvenile. A treatment team established under
					 7 AAC 52.200 shall meet within two weeks after the date
					 on which a juvenile is received at the facility. On the basis of information
					 available, the team shall establish treatment goals, prescribe treatment
					 strategy and techniques, establish a vocational or academic training program or
					 both, and assign a counselor.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
AS 47.14.010
AS 47.14.020
AS 47.14.050
AS
						47.14.100
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 52 - Juvenile Correctional Facilities and Juvenile Detention Facilities › Article 2 - Admission to Juvenile Correctional Facilities › 7 AAC 52.040 - Clothing and valuables

Current through May 31, 2024
A juvenile correctional facility must have an approved list
					 of the maximum amount of clothing and personal items a juvenile may have. The
					 facility may limit the amount of clothing to be stored. All money and excess
					 personal property taken from a juvenile on admission must be stored, or the
					 juvenile shall send it to the juvenile's parents or guardian or someone else of
					 the juvenile's choice. The juvenile must be given a receipt for money and other
					 property stored or sent to a parent or guardian or someone else of the
					 juvenile's choice. Stored property, including money, must be returned to the
					 juvenile upon release. The state is not responsible for any personal property
					 retained by the juvenile.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
AS 47.14.010
AS 47.14.020
AS 47.14.050
AS
						47.14.100
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 52 - Juvenile Correctional Facilities and Juvenile Detention Facilities › Article 3 - Operations › 7 AAC 52.050 - Records and client information

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A juvenile
				  correctional facility shall maintain case records of resident juveniles. All
				  resident records are confidential and may be disclosed only as authorized by
				  the court or as may be allowed by law.
(b) A facility shall adopt procedures to
				  provide for the security of case records.
(c) A facility superintendent shall ensure
				  that information on residents is made available to a law enforcement agency
				  when that agency makes a request for information related to a specific
				  investigation.
(d) A facility
				  superintendent shall ensure that appropriate case information is made available
				  to individuals or agencies who have a legal right to information on residents.
				  This information should support public or school safety; facilitate victim and
				  community reparation for a loss caused by a juvenile offender; support the
				  development of a juvenile's academic, social, emotional, or physical
				  development to reduce the likelihood of subsequent law violations; or support
				  the juvenile's family to ensure supervision, guidance, and control of the
				  juvenile. Those who are entitled to appropriate information include
(1) a guardian ad litem;
(2) a person or agency providing services to
				  the juvenile or the juvenile's family at the request of the
				  department;
(3) school
				  officials;
(4) a government agency
				  seeking physical custody of a juvenile;
(5) a law enforcement agency;
(6) a victim or the victim's insurance
				  company;
(7) a state medical
				  examiner; and
(8) a foster parent
				  or relative with whom a juvenile may be placed.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 52 - Juvenile Correctional Facilities and Juvenile Detention Facilities › Article 3 - Operations › 7 AAC 52.055 - Annual report to court

Current through May 31, 2024
The treatment program staff of a juvenile correctional
					 facility shall prepare a report on each resident, which describes the
					 resident's progress and makes recommendations for use by the court in its
					 annual review under
					 AS
					 47.12.120(d). The
					 superintendent of that facility shall review the report, and it is subject to
					 the superintendent's approval, before submission to the
					 court.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
AS 47.14.010
AS 47.14.020
AS 47.14.050
AS
						47.14.100
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 52 - Juvenile Correctional Facilities and Juvenile Detention Facilities › Article 3 - Operations › 7 AAC 52.060 - Notification of parents

Current through May 31, 2024
A juvenile's parents, and guardian when one exists, must be
					 notified of any change in facility classification, absences without leave,
					 passes that authorize visiting the home of the parents, and any serious
					 personal injury.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
AS 47.14.010
AS 47.14.020
AS 47.14.050
AS
						47.14.100
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 52 - Juvenile Correctional Facilities and Juvenile Detention Facilities › Article 3 - Operations › 7 AAC 52.065 - Operations manual

Current through May 31, 2024
The director shall adopt a divisional manual implementing
					 the relevant sections of the Alaska Statutes, the Alaska Administrative Code,
					 and the policies and procedures of the Department of Health and Social
					 Services.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
AS 47.14.010
AS 47.14.020
AS 47.14.050
AS
						47.14.100
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 52 - Juvenile Correctional Facilities and Juvenile Detention Facilities › Article 3 - Operations › 7 AAC 52.070 - Clothing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A juvenile facility shall provide all
				  juveniles with adequate clothing that is suitable to the climate and of
				  sufficient quantity.
(b) Repealed
				  1/14/2000.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
AS 47.14.010
AS 47.14.020
AS 47.14.050
AS
						47.14.100