K.A.R. 30-22-3c

Article 22 — Licensing of Psychiatric Hospitals; Funding of Community Mental Health Centers and Facilities for the Mentally Retarded and Facilities for Handicapped Persons: 30-22-3c Private psychiatric hospitals; additional treatment standards.

This regulation establishes additional treatment standards for private psychiatric hospitals in Kansas. Operators must maintain written patient records, develop individualized treatment plans based on clinical assessments, and follow written intake policies and procedures. Special written justification is required before implementing restraints, seclusion, electroconvulsive therapy, psychosurgery, or similar interventions, and facilities must also assess and treat patients' dental needs.

Kansas Administrative Regulations

Kansas Department for Children and Families

Article 22.—Licensing of Psychiatric Hospitals; Funding of Community Mental Health Centers and Facilities for the Mentally Retarded and Facilities for Handicapped Persons

30-22-3c. Private psychiatric hospitals; additional treatment standards.

Each hospital shall: (a) Maintain a written record for each patient;

(b) have a written plan designed to assure that the treatment planned and provided for each patient is evaluated and revised according to the needs of the patient;

(c) have written policies and procedures governing the intake process which specify the following:

(1) The information to be obtained for each applicant or referral for admission;

(2) the procedures for accepting referrals from outside agencies and organizations;

(3) the records to be kept regarding each applicant;

(4) the statistical data to be kept on the intake process; and

(5) the procedures to be followed when an applicant or a referral is found to be ineligible for admission;

(d) conduct a complete assessment of each patient, including a clinical consideration of the patient's needs;

(e) develop a written, individualized treatment plan for each patient. The plan shall be based on an assessment of such patient's clinical needs;

(f) require special, written justification prior to the implementation of the following treatment procedures:

(1) The use of restraints;

(2) the use of seclusion;

(3) the use of electroconvulsive therapy and other forms of convulsive therapy; and

(4) the performance of psychosurgery or other surgical procedures for intervention in or alteration of a mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder; and

(g) assess and treat the dental needs of its patients.

(Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 
75-3307b
; effective May 1, 1985.)

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