Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 309 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, HEALTH SYSTEMS DIVISION: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES › Division 72 - MOBILE CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES AND STABILIZATION SERVICES › Section 309-072-0110 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
As used in these rules:
(1) "Community-based" means the location of
			 the person in crisis.
(2)
			 "Community Mental Health Program (CMHP)" has the meaning given the term in OAR
			 309-019-0105.
(3) "Crisis and safety plan" means an
			 individualized document created in collaboration with an individual and their
			 family, if applicable, to help anticipate and prevent future crisis episodes.
			 The plan, at minimum, includes lethal means counseling; strategies for
			 self-regulation; activators; contact information for supportive resources; and
			 documents, referrals, and recommendations for follow up services and
			 supports.
(4) "Evidence-based"
			 means significant and relevant practices based on scientifically based
			 research.
(5) "Frontier" means any
			 county with six or fewer people per square mile.
(6) "In person" means the physical presence
			 of all individuals involved in the interaction.
(7) "Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)" means
			 an agreement between two parties that is not legally binding, but which
			 outlines the responsibilities of each of the parties to the
			 agreement.
(8) "Mobile Crisis
			 Intervention Services (MCIS)" means all necessary services, supports, and
			 treatments for an individual experiencing a behavioral health crisis. Services
			 are delivered by providers in a community-based setting and are intended to
			 de-escalate and stabilize an individual in crisis through a timely therapeutic
			 response that meets the needs of the individual in crisis and is individual and
			 family centered.
(9) "Mobile Crisis
			 Intervention Team (MCIT)" means a team of qualified behavioral health
			 professionals that may include peer support specialists, as defined in ORS
			 414.025, and other health care
			 providers such as nurses or social workers who provide timely, developmentally
			 appropriate and trauma-informed interventions, screening, assessment,
			 de-escalation and other services necessary to stabilize an individual
			 experiencing a behavioral health crisis in accordance with requirements
			 established by the authority by rule.
(10) "Non-Community Mental Health Program
			 (Non-CMHP)" means providers other than Community Mental Health Program (CMHP)
			 providers, as defined in OAR
			 309-019-0105.
(11) "Promising practice" means a practice,
			 an approach, a tool, or a training that demonstrates, based on preliminary
			 information, potential for becoming an evidence-based practice.
(12) "Provider" has the meaning given the
			 term in OAR 309-019-0105.
(13) "Qualified Mental Health Associate
			 (QMHA)" has the meaning given the term in OAR
			 309-019-0105.
(14) "Qualified Mental Health Professional
			 (QMHP)" has the meaning given the term in OAR
			 309-019-0105.
(15) "Rural" means any geographical area in
			 Oregon ten or more miles from the center of a population center of 40,000
			 people or more.
(16) "Suicide
			 screening" means a procedure in which a standardized suicide screening tool or
			 protocol is used to identify individuals who may be at risk for
			 suicide.
(17) "Suicide risk
			 assessment" means a comprehensive process, performed by a QMHP using an
			 evidence-based suicide assessment tool to confirm suspected suicide risk,
			 determine immediate danger, and develop an initial crisis and safety plan
			 including lethal means counseling.
(18) "Stabilization Services" includes
			 diagnosis, stabilization, observation and follow-up referral services provided
			 to individuals in a community-based, developmentally appropriate homelike
			 environment to the extent practicable.
(19) "Urban" means an area in Oregon that is
			 less than 10 miles from the center of a population center of 40,000 people or
			 more.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  179.040,
				  413.042,
				  413.032-413.033,
				  426.072,
				  426.236,
				  426.500,
				  430.021,
				  430.256,
				  430.357,
				  430.560,
				  430.626-430.630,
				  430.640,
				  430.870 &
				  743A.168
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  413.520,
				  426.060,
				  426.140,
				  430.010,
				  430.254,
				  430.335,
				  430.590,
				  430.620,
				  430.626-430.630 &
				  430.637