Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part VII - Mental Health Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies/Facilities/Services › Chapter 5200 - PSYCHIATRIC OUTPATIENT CLINICS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 5200.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Advanced practice professional
-A person
						who holds a current Pennsylvania license as a certified registered nurse
						practitioner or a physician assistant and:
(1) Holds a mental health certification,
					 or
(2) Obtains a mental health
					 certification within 2 years of being hired by the psychiatric outpatient
					 clinic or by July 30, 2020, whichever is later.
Assessment
-A face-to-face interview that
						includes an evaluation of the behavioral health, medical, psychological,
						social, vocational and educational factors important to the individual.
Child psychiatrist
-A physician who has
						completed a residency in psychiatry and who has a specialty in child psychiatry
						and is licensed to practice in this Commonwealth.
Department
-The Department of Human
						Services.
FTE-Full-time equivalent
-Thirty-seven
						and one half hours per week.
Facility
-A mental health establishment,
						hospital, clinic, institution, center or other organizational unit or part
						thereof, the primary function of which is the diagnosis, treatment, care and
						rehabilitation of individuals with mental illness or emotional
						disturbance.
Interactive audio and video
-Real-time
						two-way or multiple-way communication.
LPHA-Licensed Practitioner of the Healing
						Arts
-A person who is licensed by the Commonwealth to practice the
						healing arts. The term is limited to a physician, physician assistant,
						certified registered nurse practitioner, licensed clinical social worker,
						licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed professional counselor or
						psychologist.
MMHT-Mobile Mental Health Treatment
-One
						or more of the following services provided in an individual's residence or
						approved community site:
(i)
					 Assessment.
(ii) Individual, group
					 or family therapy.
(iii) Medication
					 visits.
Mental health professional
-A person who
						meets one of the following:
(i) Has a
					 graduate degree from a college or university that is accredited by an agency
					 recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Council for
					 Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in a generally recognized clinical
					 discipline in which the degree program includes a clinical practicum.
(ii) Has an equivalent degree from a foreign
					 college or university that has been evaluated by the Association of
					 International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE) or the National Association of
					 Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). The Department will accept a general
					 equivalency report from the listed evaluator agencies to verify a foreign
					 degree or its equivalency.
(iii) Is
					 licensed in a generally recognized clinical discipline that includes mental
					 health clinical experience.
Mental health worker
-A person acting
						under the supervision of a mental health professional to provide services who
						meets one of the following:
(i) Has a
					 bachelor's degree from a college or university that is accredited by an agency
					 recognized by the United States Department of Education or the CHEA in a
					 recognized clinical discipline including social work, psychology, nursing,
					 rehabilitation or activity therapies.
(ii) Has a graduate degree in a clinical
					 discipline with 12 graduate-level credits in mental health or counseling from a
					 program that is accredited by an agency recognized by the United States
					 Department of Education or the CHEA.
(iii) Has an equivalent degree from a foreign
					 college or university that has been evaluated by the AICE or the NACES. The
					 Department will accept a general equivalency report from the listed evaluator
					 agencies to verify a foreign degree or its equivalency.
Mental illness
or
emotional
						disturbance
-A mental disorder that meets the diagnostic criteria
						within the current version of the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
						Mental Disorders
or the
International Classification of
						Diseases (ICD)
.
Psychiatric outpatient clinic
-A
						nonresidential treatment setting in which psychiatric, psychological, social,
						educational and other related services are provided under medical supervision.
						It is designed for the evaluation and treatment of individuals with mental
						illness or emotional disturbance. Psychiatric outpatient services are provided
						on a planned and regularly scheduled basis.
Psychiatrist
-A physician who has
						completed at least 3 years of a residency in psychiatry and is licensed to
						practice in this Commonwealth.
Psychologist
-A person licensed to
						practice psychology in this Commonwealth.
Quality assurance program
-A formal
						process to assure quality care and maximize program benefits to individuals
						receiving services.
Tele-behavioral health-
(i) The use of interactive audio and video
					 communication to provide clinical services at a distance using technology that
					 conforms to the industry-wide standards and is in compliance with State and
					 Federal privacy and security laws.
(ii) Tele-behavioral health does not include
					 telephone conversation, electronic mail message or facsimile transmission
					 between a psychiatrist or an advanced practice professional and an individual
					 receiving services, or a consultation between two health care practitioners,
					 although these activities may support the delivery of tele-behavioral
					 health.