Section 3843 - Residency and Internship Programs Funding Category(a) The Residency and Internship Programs Funding Category may fund, but is not limited to, the following: (1) Time required of staff, including university faculty, to supervise psychiatric residents training to work in the Public Mental Health System.(2) Time required of staff, including university faculty, to supervise post-graduate interns training to work as psychiatric nurse practitioners, masters of social work, marriage and family therapists, or clinical psychologists in the Public Mental Health System. (A) Only faculty time spent supervising interns in programs designed to lead to licensure is eligible.(3) Time required of staff, including university faculty, to train psychiatric technicians to work in the Public Mental Health System.(4) Time required of staff, including university faculty, to train physician assistants to work in the Public Mental Health System and to prescribe psychotropic medications under the supervision of a physician.(5) Addition of a mental health specialty to a physician assistant program.(b) Participants in Residency and Internship programs shall be trained in the use of the General Standards in Section 3320.(c) Funds may only be used for staff and program expenses required to address the occupational shortages identified in the County's Workforce Needs Assessment.(d) All program content shall be consistent with the General Standards in Section 3320.(e) The Residency and Internship Programs Funding Category shall not be used to pay for time spent by residents, interns and/or supervisors when providing direct services to clients.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 9, § 3843
1. New section filed 11-4-2009; operative 12-4-2009 (Register 2009, No. 45). Note: Authority cited: Section 5898, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 5813.5, 5820 and 5822, Welfare and Institutions Code.
1. New section filed 11-4-2009; operative 12-4-2009 (Register 2009, No. 45).