Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL › Part I - General Administration › Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification › Chapter 62 - Therapeutic Group Homes › Subchapter A - General Provisions › Section I-6203 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Active Treatment-
implementation of a
						professionally developed and supervised comprehensive treatment plan that is
						developed no later than seven days after admission and designed to achieve the
						clients discharge from inpatient status within the shortest practicable time.
						To be considered active treatment, the services shall contribute to the
						achievement of the goals listed in the comprehensive treatment plan. Tutoring,
						attending school, and transportation are not considered active treatment.
						Recreational activities can be considered active treatment when such activities
						are community based, structured and integrated within the surrounding
						community.
Cessation of Business-
provider is
						non-operational and/or has stopped offering or providing services to the
						community
Comprehensive Treatment Plan
- the
						comprehensive plan of care which is developed by the TGH for each client
						receiving services that includes all of the services each client needs,
						including medical/psychiatric, nursing, psychological and psychosocial
						therapies.
Core Mental Health Discipline
-
						academic training programs in psychiatry, psychology, social work and
						psychiatric nursing.
Department-
the Louisiana Department of
						Health, or "LDH."
DCFS
- the Louisiana Department of
						Child and Family Services.
Direct Care Staff
- any member of the
						staff, including an employee or contractor, that provides the services
						delineated in the comprehensive treatment plan. Food services, maintenance and
						clerical staff and volunteers are not considered as direct care staff.
Division of Administrative Law
- the
						Louisiana Department of State Civil Service, Division of Administrative Law or
						"DAL."
Employed-
performance of a job or task
						for compensation, such as wages or a salary An employed person may be one who
						is contracted or one who is hired for a staff position.
Health Standards Section-
the Louisiana
						Department of Health, Health Standards Section or "HSS."
Human Services Field/Mental Health-Related
						Field
- an academic program with a curriculum content in which at
						least 70 percent of the required courses for the major field of study are based
						upon the core mental health disciplines.
Licensed Mental Health Professional
						(LMHP)
- an individual who meets one of the following education and
						experience requirements:
1. a physician duly licensed to practice medicine in the
						state of Louisiana and has completed an accredited training program in
						psychiatry;
2. a psychologist licensed as a practicing psychologist
						under the provisions of R.S. 28:2351-2370;
3. a medical psychologist licensed to practice under the
						provisions of
						R.S.
						37:1360.51 et seq.;
4. a social worker who holds a master's degree in social
						work from an accredited school of social work and is a licensed clinical social
						worker under the provisions of R.S. 37:2701-2718, as amended;
5. an advanced practice registered nurse licensed as a
						registered nurse in the state of Louisiana by the Board of Nursing who may
						practice to the extent that services are within the nurse's scope of practice:
a. is a nurse practitioner specialist in adult
						psychiatric and mental health and family psychiatric and mental health;
						or
b. is a certified nurse specialist in psychosocial,
						  gerontological psychiatric mental health, adult psychiatric and mental health
						  and child-adolescent mental health;
6. a licensed professional counselor who is licensed as
						  such under the provision of R.S. 37:1101-1115;
7. a licensed marriage and family therapist who is
						  licensed as such under the provisions of R.S. 37:1116-1121; or
8. a licensed addiction counselor who is licensed as
						  such under the provisions of
						  R.S.
						  37:3387.
Licensee
- the person, partnership,
						  company, corporation, association, organization, professional entity, or other
						  entity to whom a license is granted by the licensing agency and upon whom rests
						  the ultimate responsibility and authority for the conduct of and services
						  provided by the TGH.
LSUCCC
- the Department of Public
						  Safety and Corrections, Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code
						  Council.
Mental Health Professional (MHP)
- an
						  individual who is supervised by a LMHP and meets the following criteria as
						  documented by the provider:
1. the individual has a Master of Social Work degree;
						  or
2. the individual has a Master of Arts degree, Master
						  of Science degree or a Master of Education degree in a mental health-related
						  field and has a minimum of 15 hours of graduate level course work and/or
						  practicum in applied intervention strategies/methods designed to address
						  behavioral, emotional and/or mental problems. These hours may have been
						  obtained as a part of, or in addition to, the master's degree.
Non-Operational-
the TGH location is
						  not open for business operation as stated on the licensing application and
						  business location signage.
OSFM
- the Department of Public
						  Safety and Corrections, Office of State Fire Marshal.
Passive Physical Restraint
- the
						  least amount of direct physical contact required on the part of a staff member
						  to prevent a client from harming himself/herself or others.
Pretreatment Assessment (PTA)
- the
						  documented examination of a client which provides clinical information to
						  support the medical necessity of the referral to the therapeutic group home and
						  establishes that TGH services are the most appropriate services to meet the
						  client's needs.
Secretary-
the secretary of the
						  Louisiana Department of Health, or his designee.
Supervising Practitioner
- the
						  qualified psychiatrist or psychologist who supervises and oversees the
						  therapeutic group home's services and programs.
Therapeutic Group Home
						  (TGH)
a
facility that provides community-based
						  residential services to clients under the age of 21 in a home-like setting of
						  no greater than 10 beds under the supervision and oversight of a psychiatrist
						  or psychologist.
Time Out-
the restriction of a client
						  for a period of time to a designated area from which the client is not
						  physically prevented from leaving, for the purpose of providing the client an
						  opportunity to regain self-control.
Validated
						  Complaint
-Repealed.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with
						R.S.
						36:254 and
						R.S.
						40:2009.