This section establishes initial and annual training requirements for staff at Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) agencies who provide group services in Pennsylvania. It specifies which training modules apply to each staff role—including graduate-level professionals providing behavior consultation, mobile therapy, behavior analytic, or behavior consultation-ABA services, as well as BHT and BHT-ABA staff—by cross-referencing training requirements from the individual services and ABA services sections. IBHS agency operators must ensure all group services staff complete the applicable training tracks based on their role and qualifications.
View official source55 Pa. Code § 5240.93 - Training requirements for staff who provide group services State Regulations Compare (a) An IBHS agency that provides group services shall ensure that staff complete initial and annual training requirements. (b) A graduate-level professional who is qualified to provide behavior consultation services in accordance with § 5240.71 (a) (relating to staff qualifications for individual services) shall complete the annual training requirements included in § 5240.73 (b), (g) and (h) (relating to training requirements for staff who provide individual services). (c) A graduate-level professional who is qualified to provide mobile therapy services in accordance with § 5240.71 (c) shall complete the training required by § 5240.73 (b), (g) and (h) . (d) A graduate-level professional who is qualified to provide behavior analytic services or behavior consultation-ABA services in accordance with § 5240.81 (d) or (e) (relating to staff qualifications for ABA services) shall complete the training required by § 5240.83 (b), (e) and (f) (relating to training requirements for staff who provide ABA services). (e) An individual who meets the qualifications to provide BHT services in accordance with § 5240.71 (d) shall complete the training required by § 5240.73 (c)-(h) . (f) An individual who meets the qualifications to provide BHT-ABA services in accordance with § 5240.81 (g) shall complete the training required by § 5240.83 (d)-(f) . Notes 55 Pa. Code § 5240.93 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare. No prior version found. State Regulations Toolbox