Section 7 AAC 70.030 - Department approval of a provider of behavioral health services(a) The department will approve an organization to provide behavioral health services in this state only if that organization meets the requirements for a community behavioral health services provider under 7 AAC 70.100 or 7 AAC 70.130 and provides one or more of the following: (1) behavioral health clinic services under 7 AAC 135.010(b);(2) behavioral health rehabilitation services under 7 AAC 135.010(c);(3) day treatment services for children under 7 AAC 135.250;(4) 1115 substance use disorder waiver services under 7 AAC 138;(5) one or more withdrawal management services under 7 AAC 70.110;(6) one or more residential substance use disorder treatment services under 7 AAC 70.120;(7) opioid use disorder treatment services under 7 AAC 70.125;(8) behavioral health services to a recipient referred by the alcohol safety action program under 7 AAC 70.145; or(9) autism services under 7 AAC 135.350.(b) In an approval issued under this section, the department will identify (1) one or more of the services identified in (a) of this section for which the provider is approved;(2) the service area for which the provider is approved;(3) the physical location approved by the department for each facility operated by the provider where an individual in the community can access behavioral health services;(4) the local school district that has a written agreement with a community behavioral health services provider for day treatment services, in accordance with 7 AAC 135.250(d); and(5) the total number of alcohol and other drug withdrawal management beds or the total number of residential substance use disorder treatment service beds regardless of the funding source.(c) If a behavioral health services provider is accredited under 7 AAC 70.150, the department will issue a department approval for a fixed period of time not to exceed 180 days from the expiration date of the provider's certificate of accreditation, except as provided in (f) and (k) of this section. A provider must seek renewal of a department approval before the expiration date of a current department approval.(d) The department will issue a provisional department approval to a community behavioral health services provider who otherwise meets the requirements of this chapter to allow the provider sufficient time to obtain national accreditation in accordance with 7 AAC 70.150 if the provider (1) is seeking initial department approval that complies with the interim standards set out in 7 AAC 70.200, and is currently working to get national accreditation;(2) has a current department approval and is accredited, but is adding a location or service category; or(3) has a current department approval and is accredited, but the accreditation is not applicable to the services provided.Eff. 10/1/2011, Register 199; am 4/9/2017, Register 222, July 2017; am 7/1/2018, Register 226, July 2018; am 4/24/2020, Register 234, April 2020As of Register 249 (April 2024), the regulations attorney made technical revisions under AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to 7 AAC 70.030(a), (b), (c), and (d). Amendments to those provisions took effect April 24, 2020, and ought to have appeared in Register 234 (July 2020); but they were not published until Register 249, the April 2024 Alaska Administrative Code supplement.