Pennsylvania Code › Title 37 - LAW › Part III - Agencies and Offices › Subpart B - Department of Corrections › Chapter 97 - STATE INTERMEDIATE PUNISHMENT DRUG OFFENDER TREATMENT PROGRAM › Section 97.104 - Assessment of addiction and other treatment needs

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The Department will conduct a risk
				  assessment and assess the addiction and other treatment needs of a defendant
				  committed to its custody for purposes of an evaluation.
(1) The assessment of addiction shall be
				  conducted using a Nationally-recognized assessment instrument or an instrument
				  that has been normed and validated on the Department's inmate population by a
				  recognized expert in these matters.
(2) For purposes of this section the term
				  "recognized expert" means an individual who has earned the Doctor of Philosophy
				  or the similar terminal degree in his field of study and who has published a
				  number of peer reviewed validation studies.
(3) The Department currently uses the Texas
				  Christian University Drug Screen II, an instrument that was developed under a
				  Federal grant specifically for criminal offenders, is consistent with the
				  DSM-IV criteria for substance abuse/dependence and is used by a number of
				  criminal justice agencies. The Department's criteria for selecting an
				  assessment instrument are that:
(i) The
				  instrument must be supported by strong academic research.
(ii) The instrument correspond with the then
				  current DSM criteria for substance abuse or addiction, or both.
(iii) When possible, the instrument produces
				  results that are statistically as reliable as results produced by the Texas
				  Christian University Drug Screen II.
(4) The instrument will be administered by
				  persons skilled in the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction and trained to
				  conduct assessments. The assessment will be reviewed and approved by a
				  supervisor with at least 3 years of experience providing drug and alcohol
				  counseling services. An individual will be considered skilled in the treatment
				  of drug and alcohol addiction if they have 1 year of experience as a
				  Commonwealth Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist 1, or 2 years of
				  professional experience providing drug and alcohol counseling services directly
				  to clients in a social work setting and have earned a bachelor's degree that
				  includes 18 credits in the behavioral sciences or 1 year of paraprofessional
				  and 1 year of professional experience providing drug and alcohol counseling
				  services directly to clients in a social work setting and are certified by the
				  Pennsylvania Chemical Abuse Certification Board as a "Certified Addictions
				  Counselor" or 1 year of professional experience providing drug and alcohol
				  counseling services directly to clients in a social work setting and a master's
				  degree with major coursework in addictions science, psychology or social work
				  or an equivalent combination of experience and training which includes 18
				  college credits in the behavioral sciences. An individual will be considered
				  trained to conduct assessments if the individual has completed the Department's
				  internal training program in performing assessments or has equivalent
				  experience and knowledge.