Florida Administrative Code › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › 65G - Agency for Persons with Disabilities › Chapter 65G-4 - SERVICE DELIVERY PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 65G-4.008 - Behavior Analysis Services Oversight System Organization

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The Agency will establish and maintain a
				behavioral services program including a senior clinician, the Agency Senior
				Behavior Analyst (ASBA), to assume direction for standards of behavioral
				practice as provided in this chapter, develop and manage systems of quality,
				utilization and cost containment for statewide behavioral practice. The ASBA
				holds a doctorate from an accredited university program with behavior analysis
				as a primary focus, is a board certified behavior analyst, has completed a
				dissertation that had behavior analysis as its central focus and has at least
				one year of experience in the provision of behavior analysis services for
				persons with developmental disabilities. However, if no one with these
				qualifications is available, then the ASBA must be a certified behavior analyst
				with at least the education and experience established by the designated
				certification board. The behavioral services program will also include the
				support of at least one master's level board certified behavior analyst. The
				ASBA will direct:
(a) Area Behavior Analysts,
				who will be recruited, appointed, given clinical supervision and annually
				evaluated in conjunction with their functional supervisor in the area to which
				they are assigned.
(b) Committees.
1. The Local Review Committees (LRC) working
				in conjunction with the ASBA shall adopt the model LRC bylaws to establish
				guidelines for committee function, including the establishment of time frames
				for scheduling, reviewing, and approving, as well as tracking for efficient
				program review and approval, charter content, committee membership, meeting
				participants, confidentiality requirements and development of a process to
				resolve provider and LRC disputes.
2. The Peer Review Committee (PRC) working in
				conjunction with the ASBA shall adopt the model PRC bylaws to establish
				membership, as well as annual projects including, at minimum, review of
				behavioral practices in at least one Developmental Disability Center, at least
				one state operated forensic facility, at least one area community residential
				behavioral provider, at least one Local Review Committee, and other services as
				identified by the Agency.
3.
				Behavior Analysis Practices Committee (BAPC) shall be established to meet at
				least annually with membership from Area and Developmental Disabilities Centers
				Behavior Analysts, the PRC, providers of behavior analysis and behavior
				assistant solo service providers and agency providers, as well as behavioral
				residential services providers to assure that common operational requirements
				established in Rules  65G-4.008,
				 65G-4.009, and 65G-4.10, F.A.C.,
				are implemented consistently statewide, including the qualifications and
				processes for establishing individuals and agencies as behavior analysis
				providers, behavior analysis agencies and residential behavioral providers,
				establishing consensus standards for LRC operation, standards for behavioral
				assessment content and behavior analysis support plan program content,
				standards for graphic display of data, documentation, billing, as well as
				behavioral services practice and service sanctions to ensure service quality to
				meet the changing needs of service recipients and provider
				requirements.