Pa. Code 5240.11

Staff requirements

This section establishes staff structure requirements for Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) agencies in Pennsylvania, requiring each agency to designate both an administrative director and a clinical director with defined responsibilities. The administrative director oversees daily operations, staffing schedules, and compliance monitoring, while the clinical director ensures clinical supervision, oversight, and staff training. Agencies must employ sufficient qualified staff to meet both administrative/supervisory requirements and the maximum service hours specified in each client's written order and individual treatment plan. The regulation applies to children, youth, and young adults served by IBHS agencies.

55 Pa. Code § 5240.11 - Staff requirements 

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(a)
 An
 IBHS agency shall have an administrative director and a clinical
 director.

(b)
 An administrative
 director's responsibilities shall include the following: 
 
(1)
 The overall daily management of the
 agency.

(2)
 Ensuring that staff
 schedules meet the needs of the children, youth and young adults served and
 accommodate their parents', legal guardians' or caregivers'
 schedules.

(3)
 Ensuring compliance
 with staff qualifications and training requirements.

(4)
 Monitoring the IBHS agency's compliance
 with this chapter.

(5)
 Developing
 and monitoring the quality improvement plan for the IBHS agency.

(6)
 Supervising staff who do not provide
 IBHS.

(c)
 An
 administrative director may also be a clinical director if the person meets the
 qualifications for both positions.

(d)
 A clinical director's responsibilities
 shall include the following:
(1)
 Ensuring that
 staff who provide IBHS are supervised in accordance with this
 chapter.

(2)
 Maintaining clinical
 oversight of IBHS provided.

(3)

 Ensuring staff who provide IBHS have access to supervisory staff during the
 hours that IBHS are provided, including evenings and weekends.

(4)
 Completing and documenting a clinical
 record review for quality of the IBHS provided and compliance with this chapter
 and documenting the outcomes of the review quarterly.

(5)
 Ensuring that training for staff is being
 provided as required by this chapter.

(e)
 An IBHS agency shall employ a sufficient
 number of qualified staff to comply with the administrative oversight, clinical
 supervision and monitoring requirements of this chapter.

(f)
 An IBHS agency shall employ a sufficient
 number of qualified staff to provide the maximum number of service hours
 identified in the written order and the ITP for each child, youth or young
 adult admitted to services.

Notes

55

 Pa. Code §
 
5240.11

This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
 
5240.91
 (relating to staff
 requirements and qualifications for group
 services).

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