Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL › Part III - Mental Health Services › Chapter 5 - Standards for Community Mental Health › Subchapter A - Centers and Clinics › Section III-545 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Administrative Staff
-the personnel who
					 are primarily involved in management functions of the facility.
Admission
-see intake or admission.
Assessment
-clinical consideration and
					 evaluation of a patient which may, but does not necessarily, include
					 examinations and tests determined to be necessary by the professional clinical
					 staff, based on the needs of the individual patient.
Clinical Staff
-the personnel of the
					 facility who are primarily directly involved in patient care and treatment
					 services.
Community
-the people, groups, agencies,
					 and other facilities within the locality served by the psychiatric
					 facility.
Community Mental Health Center
-a facility
					 operated under public or private non-profit auspices and providing a range of
					 mental health services including but not limited to inpatient, outpatient,
					 partial hospitalization, emergency, and consultation and education, to
					 residents of a specific catchment area designated in the Louisiana
					 Comprehensive Mental Health Plan.
Community Mental Health Clinic
-a facility
					 operated under public or private non-profit auspices and providing some
					 elements of mental health service including at least outpatient services to
					 residents of an assigned geographic area (usually smaller than a catchment
					 area). Generally community mental health clinics are subordinate units of
					 mental health centers, and essential services not available at the clinic are
					 available to the population served by the clinic through the parent center or
					 its affiliates.
Consultant
-one who provides professional
					 advice or service upon request.
Consumer
-the individual or community of
					 individuals whose psychiatric needs are served by the facility either directly
					 or indirectly or both.
Discipline
-a system of rules, concepts,
					 procedures, and philosophy that collectively describe a distinctive methodology
					 in the areas of assessment and/or treatment of individuals with emotional or
					 behavioral disorders or deviations.
Drug Administration
-an act in which a
					 single dose of an identified drug is given to a patient for immediate
					 consumption.
Drug Dispensing
-the issuance of one or
					 more doses of prescribed medication in containers that are correctly labeled to
					 indicate the name of the patient, the contents of the container, and all other
					 vital information needed to facilitate correct patient usuage and drug
					 administration.
Follow-Up
-maintenance of contact with a
					 former patient, collection of information regarding a patient or reexamination
					 of a patient following assessment and/or therapy.
Inpatient Facility
-any facility or
					 service offering 24-hour care to patients, regardless of the number of days per
					 week the program is in operation. Examples are psychiatric hospitals,
					 psychiatric units of general hospitals, and free-standing inpatient units in
					 mental health centers.
Intake or Admission
-the formal acceptance
					 of an individual for assessment and/or therapeutic services provided by the
					 facility.
May
-term used in the interpretation of a
					 standard to reflect an acceptable method that is recognized but not necessarily
					 preferred.
Outpatient
Service-any service providing
					 individuals psychiatric treatment for emotional, mental, or behavioral problems
					 without their admission to a partial day or inpatient service. The usual
					 procedure involves periodic visits of a relatively short duration.
Partial Hospitalization
-any service whose
					 primary purpose is to provide a planned therapeutic milieu and other care and
					 treatment services. The services are designed for nonresidential patients who
					 spend only a part of a 24-hour period in the programs of the facility. Examples
					 are day hospitals and night hospitals.
Physician
-an individual with an M.D.
					 degree who is licensed to practice medicine in all its phases.
Professional Staff
-the personnel of the
					 facility, either administrative or clinical, who are qualified by specific
					 training and whose services or practices are governed by technical and ethical
					 standards.
Program
-a structured set of clinical
					 activities designed to achieve specific objectives relative to the needs of the
					 patients served by the facility.
Psychiatric Facility
-an organization with
					 a governing body, its own administration, and a mental health professional
					 staff, and having as a primary function the assessment and/or treatment and
					 rehabilitation of persons with emotional and/or behavioral disorders and/or
					 deviations or disturbances in their development, and in which there are
					 psychiatrists or other physicians who assume medical responsibility for all
					 persons under the care of the facility. In any facility where medical
					 responsibility for psychiatric patients rests with physicians other than
					 psychiatrists, such physicians should have training or experience and
					 demonstrated competence in caring for psychiatric patients.
Psychiatrist
-doctor of medicine who
					 specializes in the assessment and treatment of persons having psychiatric
					 disorders, and who is fully licensed to practice medicine in the state in which
					 he so practices. The individual shall have completed an approved three-year
					 residency in psychiatry.
Psychologist
-an individual who has a
					 doctoral degree in psychology from a program in clinical psychology approved by
					 the American Psychological Association; or who has been certified in the
					 appropriate specialty by the American Board of Professional Psychology; or who
					 has been licensed by the state examining board.
Registered Nurse
-a nurse who is a
					 graduate of an approved school of nursing and who is licensed by the state of
					 Louisiana to practice as a registered nurse.
Research
-organized program(s) directed
					 towards the investigation and evaluation, whether basic or applied, of subjects
					 related to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric
					 illness.
Shall
or
Must
-term used
					 to indicate a mandatory statement, the only acceptable method under the present
					 standards.
Should-
term used in the interpretation of
					 a standard to reflect the commonly accepted method, yet allowing for the use of
					 effective alternates.
Social Worker
-an individual who is a
					 graduate of an accredited graduate school of social work.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with PL 94 :63, the Community Mental Health Centers'
					 Act of 1975 and R.S.1950, Title 28, §203.