Ala. Admin. Code r. 580-3-23-.14

DMH/MR Response To Plan Of Action

This section governs the Alabama Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation (DMH/MR) Office of Certification's response procedures when a certified agency submits a Plan of Action following a site visit that identified deficiencies. DMH/MR may approve and recommend certification, request additional documentation, provide technical assistance, or conduct a follow-up site visit. Agencies that consistently fail to meet standards may face a recommendation for decertification.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 580-3-23-.14 - DMH/MR Response To Plan Of Action 

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(1)
 Actions taken by the respective DMH/MR
 Division/Office when the agency's Plan of Action is received may include one or
 more of the following: 
(a)
 Approve and
 recommend certification.

(b)

 Request additional documentation or a supplemental plan of action.

(c)
 Provide technical assistance in deficient
 area(s) if requested in writing to Service Division.

(d)
 Conduct follow-up site visit prior to the
 end of the sixty (60) day period (following the site visit which discovered the
 deficiencies in question), or other period specified for compliance by
 DMH/MR.

(2)
 Except in
 those cases in which the agency is found to have consistently failed to meet
 standards, if the agency does not comply with specified standards, a follow-up
 certification site visit must be conducted, or a recommendation for
 decertification of the agency must be made by the certification site visit team
 to its respective division.

(3)
 If
 the agency is found to have consistently failed to meet standards, as defined
 herein (
580-3-23-.16
), a follow-up
 certification site visit may be conducted, or a recommendation for
 decertification of the agency may be made by the certification site visit team
 to its respective division. 
 
Author:
 DMH/MR Office of Certification

Authority:

Code of Ala.
 1975,

 §
 
22-50-11
.

Notes

Ala. Admin. Code
 r. 
580-3-23-.14

New Rule: Filed October 1,
 2001; effective November 5, 2001. Amended: Filed January 19, 2005; effective
 February 23, 2005.

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