Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES › Chapter 388-877 - Behavioral health services administrative requirements › Section SECTION ELEVEN - WITHDRAWAL MANAGEMENT, RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, AND MENTAL HEALTH INPATIENT SERVICES › Section 388-877-1138 - Mental health inpatient services-Child long-term inpatient program (CLIP)

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
In addition to meeting the agency licensure,
					 certification, administration, personnel, and clinical requirements in WAC
					 388-877-0100
					 through
					 388-877-0680,
					 the applicable inpatient services requirements in WAC 388-877-1118 through
					 388-877-1132, and the evaluation and treatment service requirements of
					 388-877-1134, child long-term inpatient treatment facilities must develop a
					 written plan for assuring that services provided are appropriate to the
					 developmental needs of children, including all of the following:
(1) If there is not a child psychiatrist on
				  the staff, there must be a child psychiatrist available for
				  consultation.
(2) There must be a
				  psychologist with documented evidence of skill and experience in working with
				  children available either on the clinical staff or by consultation, responsible
				  for planning and reviewing psychological services and for developing a written
				  set of guidelines for psychological services.
(3) There must be a registered nurse, with
				  training and experience in working with psychiatrically impaired children, on
				  staff as a full-time or part-time employee who must be responsible for all
				  nursing functions.
(4) There must
				  be a social worker with experience in working with children on staff as a
				  full-time or part-time employee who must be responsible for social work
				  functions and the integration of these functions into the individual treatment
				  plan.
(5) There must be an
				  educational/vocational assessment of each resident with appropriate
				  educational/vocational programs developed and implemented or assured on the
				  basis of that assessment.
(6) There
				  must be an occupational therapist available who has experience in working with
				  psychiatrically impaired children responsible for occupational therapy
				  functions and the integration of these functions into treatment.
(7) There must be a recreational therapist
				  available who has had experience in working with psychiatrically impaired
				  children responsible for the recreational therapy functions and the integration
				  of these functions into treatment.
(8) Disciplinary policies and practices must
				  be stated in writing and all of the following must be true:
(a) Discipline must be fair, reasonable,
				  consistent and related to the behavior of the resident. Discipline, when
				  needed, must be consistent with the individual treatment plan.
(b) Abusive, cruel, hazardous, frightening or
				  humiliating disciplinary practices must not be used. Seclusion and restraints
				  must not be used as punitive measures. Corporal punishment must not be
				  used.
(c) Disciplinary measures
				  must be documented in the medical record.