Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 24, June 15, 2024
Section 451.121 - Residential Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Program(a) The board shall approve and implement written policies and procedures for the Residental Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Program. The board shall document that the services are provided by a licensee of the Department of Health, Office of Drug and Alcohol Programs (ODAP) for residential inpatient drug and alcohol treatment. Chapter 709, Subchapter E (relating to standards for inpatient nonhospital activities-residential treatment and rehabilitation) of Title 28 of the Pennsylvania Code is incorporated by reference and is applicable to nonhospital residential drug and alcohol treatment services. Chapter 709, Subchapter C (relating to general standards for freestanding treatment activities) of Title 28 of the Pennsylvania Code is incorporated by reference and is applicable to nonhospital residential drug and alcohol treatment services. Chapter 711, Subchapter D (relating to standards for inpatient nonhospital activities-residential treatment and rehabilitation) of Title 28 of the Pennsylvania Code is incorporated by reference and is applicable to residential nonhospital drug and alcohol treatment services provided by a treatment center which is part of a health care facility. The board shall also document that facilities to which offenders are sentenced for residential treatment are in compliance with other State and local laws and regulations.(b) The Residential Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Program policies and procedures shall include the following elements:(1) A drug testing capability.(2) Establishment of services based on an assessment of the offenders' needs and available community resources.(3) Establishment of aftercare and followup services involving sustained and frequent interaction with recovering individuals who have progressed from the intensive or primary phase of treatment.(4) Efforts to recruit, screen and select service providers.(5) Guidelines to monitor the purchases of services for offenders.(6) A monitoring component to ensure the offenders' compliance with the conditions of the Residential Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Program.(7) Policy and procedure for responding to major and minor violations of Residential Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Program conditions.The provisions of this § 451.121 adopted September 27, 1991, effective 9/28/1991, 21 Pa.B. 4406; amended December 25, 1992, effective 12/26/1992, 22 Pa.B. 6112. This section cited in 37 Pa. Code § 451.34 (relating to Prison Facilities Improvement Act funding qualification and Intermediate Punishment Sentencing Act authority or Intermediate Punishment Sentencing Act authority only).