Section 0465-02-20-.08 - INDIVIDUAL FAMILY SUPPORT PLAN (IFSP) DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION(1) The licensee must ensure that a written IFSP is implemented for each child supported. If the IFSP is not provided by TEIS (Tennessee Early Intervention System), then the licensee must develop an IFSP, which meets the following requirements: (a) Developed within forty-five (45) days of the admission of the child supported to the facility;(b) Developed by the IFSP team of the child supported;(c) Includes the date of development of the IFSP;(d) Includes the signatures of the legal representative (conservator, parent, guardian, or legal custodian) of the child supported and the appropriate staff;(e) Specifies the needs identified by assessment of the child supported and addresses those needs within the particular service/program component;(f) Includes personal goals and objectives of the child supported, which are related to the specific needs identified, and specifies which goals and objectives are to be addressed by a particular service/program component; and(g) Includes methods or activities by which the goals and objectives of the child supported are to be implemented.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0465-02-20-.08
New rules filed July 6, 2016; effective 10/4/2016.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-4-103, 4-5-202, 33-1-201, 33-1-302, 33-1-303, 33-1-305, 33-1-309, 33-2-301, 33-2-302, 33-2-404, 33-2-407.