Rule 24-2-22.2 - Intensive Outpatient Programs for Adults with a Substance Use DisorderA. The ten (10) week Intensive Outpatient Program for Adults with a Substance Use Disorder (IOP-SUD) is a community-based outpatient service which provides an alternative to traditional Residential Treatment Services or hospital settings. The service is directed to adults eighteen (18) years or older who need services more intensive than traditional outpatient services, but who have less severe substance use disorders than those typically addressed in Residential Treatment Services. The Intensive Outpatient Program for Adults with a Substance Use Disorder allows people to continue to fulfill their obligations to family, job, and community while obtaining intensive treatment. An Intensive Outpatient Program for Adults with a Substance Use Disorder may be conducted during the day or at night in order to meet the needs of the people being served.B. An Intensive Outpatient Program for Adults with a Substance Use Disorder must be limited to twelve (12) people per session.C. An Intensive Outpatient Program for Adults with a Substance Use Disorder must provide the following services:1. Group therapy for a minimum of three (3) sessions per week for at least ten (10) weeks. Session times may vary but cannot be less than one (1) hour and cannot exceed three (3) hours daily. People must receive and not exceed nine (9) total hours of group therapy per week. Groups may be of the following types: Psychoeducational groups, skills-development groups, drug or alcohol refusal training, relapse prevention techniques, assertiveness training, stress management, support groups (e.g., process-oriented recovery groups), single-interest groups (can include gender issues, sexual orientation, criminal offense, and histories of physical and sexual abuse) family or couples groups; 2. Individual therapy at a minimum of one (1) counseling session, for a minimum of one (1) hour, per week; and,3. Involvement of family to include no less than two (2) therapeutic family group sessions during the ten (10) week period, offered to meet the needs of the person.D. Outpatient services must be located in their own physical space, separated from other substance use services and impermeable to use by other services during hours of service operations. Section 41-4-7 of the Mississippi Code, 1972, as Amended