Pa. Code 451.121

This regulation requires county correctional boards to adopt and implement written policies and procedures for a Residential Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Program for offenders. Facilities must be licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health's Office of Drug and Alcohol Programs and comply with incorporated standards from Title 28 (Chapters 709 and 711) governing nonhospital residential drug and alcohol treatment. Required program elements include drug testing, needs-based service planning, aftercare, provider recruitment and monitoring, and procedures for handling program violations.

37 Pa. Code § 451.121 - Residential Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Program 

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(a)
 The board shall approve and implement
 written policies and procedures for the Residental Inpatient Drug and Alcohol
 Program. The board shall document that the services are provided by a licensee
 of the Department of Health, Office of Drug and Alcohol Programs (ODAP) for
 residential inpatient drug and alcohol treatment. Chapter 709, Subchapter E
 (relating to standards for inpatient nonhospital activities-residential
 treatment and rehabilitation) of Title 28 of the 
Pennsylvania
 Code
 is incorporated by reference and is applicable to nonhospital
 residential drug and alcohol treatment services. Chapter 709, Subchapter C
 (relating to general standards for freestanding treatment activities) of Title
 28 of the 
Pennsylvania Code
 is incorporated by reference and
 is applicable to nonhospital residential drug and alcohol treatment services.
 Chapter 711, Subchapter D (relating to standards for inpatient nonhospital
 activities-residential treatment and rehabilitation) of Title 28 of the
 
Pennsylvania Code
 is incorporated by reference and is
 applicable to residential nonhospital drug and alcohol treatment services
 provided by a treatment center which is part of a health care facility. The
 board shall also document that facilities to which offenders are sentenced for
 residential treatment are in compliance with other State and local laws and
 regulations.

(b)
 The Residential
 Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Program policies and procedures shall include the
 following elements:
(1)
 A drug testing
 capability.

(2)
 Establishment of
 services based on an assessment of the offenders' needs and available community
 resources.

(3)
 Establishment of
 aftercare and followup services involving sustained and frequent interaction
 with recovering individuals who have progressed from the intensive or primary
 phase of treatment.

(4)
 Efforts to
 recruit, screen and select service providers.

(5)
 Guidelines to monitor the purchases of
 services for offenders.

(6)
 A
 monitoring component to ensure the offenders' compliance with the conditions of
 the Residential Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Program.

(7)
 Policy and procedure for responding to
 major and minor violations of Residential Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Program
 conditions.

Notes

37
 Pa. Code §
 
451.121

The
 provisions of this § 451.121 adopted September 27,
 1991, effective 
9/28/1991
, 21
 Pa.B. 4406; amended December 25, 1992, effective
 
12/26/1992
, 22 Pa.B.
 6112.

This section cited in 37 Pa. Code §
 
451.34
 (relating to Prison
 Facilities Improvement Act funding qualification and Intermediate Punishment
 Sentencing Act authority or Intermediate Punishment Sentencing Act authority
 only).

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