Pa. Code 5200.32

Treatment policies and procedures

Each psychiatric outpatient clinic in Pennsylvania must maintain a written clinical policy and procedures plan on file and deliver services in accordance with it. The plan must address intake and assessment, admission policies (including time frames for referrals from crisis intervention, inpatient units, medication management, and other sources), scope of services, discharge and continuity-of-care policies, complaint procedures, and patient rights consistent with 55 Pa. Code §§ 5100.51–5100.56. Operators must ensure the plan is current and that actual practice conforms to its provisions.

55 Pa. Code § 5200.32 - Treatment policies and procedures 

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Each psychiatric outpatient clinic shall have on file a
 written plan specifying the clinical policy and procedures of the facility and
 shall provide services in accordance with them. This plan must provide for the
 following:

(1)
 Intake and assessment
 policy and procedures.

(2)
 Admission
 policies including time frames for the following: 
 
(i)
 Referrals from crisis intervention or
 emergency services.

(ii)
 Referrals
 from inpatient units.

(iii)

 Referrals for medication management services.

(iv)
 Other referrals.

(3)
 The services to be provided and the scope
 of these services.

(4)
 Discharge
 policies providing for continuity of care for individuals discharged from the
 program.

(5)
 Complaint policies and
 procedures.

(6)
 Statement of rights
 in accordance with 55 Pa. Code §§
 
5100.51
-
5100.56
 (relating to patient
 rights).

Notes

55

 Pa. Code §
 
5200.32

The
 provisions of this § 5200.32 amended October 11, 2019, effective
 
10/12/2019
, 49 Pa.B.
 5943.

The provisions of this § 5200.32 amended under section
 1021 of the Human Services Code (
62 P.S. §
 
1021
);
 sections 105 and 112 of the Mental Health Procedures Act (
50 P.S. §§
 
7105
 and
 
7112
); and section 201(2) of
 the Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Act of 1966 (
50 P.S. §
 
4201(2)
).

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