Pa. Code 704.5

Qualifications for the positions of project director and facility director

This regulation establishes the minimum educational and experience qualifications for project directors and facility directors at drug and alcohol treatment projects and facilities in Pennsylvania. It requires each project to have a project director and each facility to have a facility director responsible for overall management, and specifies degree and experience combinations (Master's, Bachelor's, or Associate's) in relevant fields. It also addresses how clinical responsibilities must be handled when no clinical supervisor is on staff, including options for a qualified facility director, lead counselor, or part-time clinical supervisor.

28 Pa. Code § 704.5 - Qualifications for the positions of project director and facility director 

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(a)
 A drug and alcohol treatment project shall have a project director responsible for the overall management of the project and staff and each drug and alcohol treatment facility shall have a facility director responsible for the overall management of the facility and staff unless the project has but one facility.

(b)
 If the facility does not have a clinical supervisor on staff, clinical responsibilities shall be addressed in one of the following ways:
(1)
 A facility director who has direct responsibility for clinical services shall meet the qualifications in at least one of the paragraphs of §
 
704.7
(b) 
 (relating to qualifications for the position of counselor).

(2)
 If the facility director does not meet counselor qualifications and the facility employs less than eight counselors, a lead counselor or part-time clinical supervisor shall be appointed.

(c)
 The project director and the facility director shall meet the qualifications in at least one of the following paragraphs:
(1)
 A Master's Degree or above from an accredited college with a major in medicine, chemical dependency, psychology, social work, counseling, nursing (with a specialty in nursing/health administration, nursing/counseling education or a clinical specialty in the human services), public administration, business management or other related field and 2 years of experience in a human service agency, preferably in a drug and alcohol setting, which includes supervision of others, direct service and program planning.

(2)
 A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college with a major in chemical dependency, psychology, social work, counseling, nursing (with a specialty in nursing/health administration, nursing/counseling education or a clinical specialty in the human services), public administration, business management or other related field and 3 years of experience in a human service agency, preferably in a drug and alcohol setting, which includes supervision of others, direct service and program planning.

(3)
 An Associate Degree from an accredited college with a major in chemical dependency, psychology, social work, counseling, nursing (with a specialty in nursing/health administration, nursing/counseling education or a clinical specialty in the human services), public administration, business management or other related field and 4 years of experience in a human service agency, preferably in a drug and alcohol setting, which includes supervision of others, direct service and program planning.

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28
 Pa. Code §
 
704.5

This section cited in 28 Pa. Code §
 
704.4
 (relating to compliance with
 staff qualifications).

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