Section 16.07.17.300 - SERVICES FOR ADOLESCENTSBehavioral health programs providing substance use disorders treatment to adolescents must comply with the following requirements:
01.Separate Services From Adults. Each program providing adolescent program services must provide the services separate from adult program services. The program must ensure the separation of adolescent participants from adult participants except as specified in Subsections 300.03 and 300.04 of this rule.02.Residential Care as an Alternative to Parental Care. Any program that provides care, control, supervision, or maintenance of adolescents for twenty-four (24) hours per day as an alternative to parental care must meet the following criteria: a. Be licensed under the "Child Care Licensing Act," Title 39, Chapter 12, Idaho Code; orb. Be certified by the Department of Juvenile Corrections.03.Continued Care of an Eighteen-Year-Old. An adolescent who turns the age of eighteen (18), and is receiving outpatient or intensive outpatient treatment in a state-approved behavioral health program, may remain in the program under continued care described in this rule. The individual may remain in the program for:a. Up to ninety (90) days after their eighteenth birthday; orb. Until the close of the current school year for an individual attending school.04.Documentation Requirements for Continued Care. Prior to accepting an individual into continued care, the program must assure and document the following; a. A signed voluntary agreement to remain in the program or a copy of a court order authorizing continued placement after the individual's eighteenth birthday;b. Clinical staffing for appropriateness of continued care with clinical documentation;c. Verification the individual in continued care was in the care of the program prior to their eighteenth birthday; andd. Verification that the individual needs to remain in continued care to complete treatment, education, or other similar needs.05.Licensed Hospital Facilities. Facilities licensed as hospitals under Title 39, Chapter 13, Idaho Code, are exempt from the requirements in this rule.Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.07.17.300