Section 0940-05-01-.17 - DEFINITIONS OF DISTINCT CATEGORIES OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG SERVICES(1) "Alcohol and Drug D.U.I. School Services" means an intervention program providing assessment, education and, if indicated, appropriate treatment referral, for offenders of driving under the influence of alcohol and other drugs (i.e., convicted of violation of TCA-55-10-401).(2) "Alcohol and Drug Halfway House Treatment Facility" means a transitional residential program providing services to service recipients with alcohol and/or drug abuse or dependency disorders with the primary purpose of establishing vocational stability and counseling focused on re-entering the community. Service recipients are expected to be capable of self-administering medication, working, seeking work, or attending vocational/educational activities away from the residence for part of the day. Services include counseling contacts, lectures, seminars, and other services necessary to meet the service recipient's assessed needs.(3) "Alcohol and Drug Non-Residential Treatment Facility" means an outpatient facility which offers treatment services to service recipients with alcohol and/or drug abuse or dependency disorders that can include but not be limited to assessment, referral, counseling, and education.(4) "Alcohol and Drug Residential Treatment Facilities for Children and Youth" means a residential program which offers twenty-four (24) hour treatment to service recipients under eighteen (18) years of age with the primary purpose of restoring service recipients with alcohol and/or drug abuse or dependency disorders to abstinence and levels of positive functioning appropriate to the service recipient. An important goal of these services is to move the service recipient into less intensive levels of care and/or reintegration in to the community. The program must provide, or arrange for an education component in compliance with the Rules, Regulations, and Minimum Standards of the Tennessee State Board of Education.(5) "Alcohol and Drug Residential Treatment Facility for Adults" means a residential program for service recipients at least eighteen (18) years of age, which offers highly structured services to service recipients with the primary purpose of restoring service recipients with alcohol and/or drug abuse or dependency disorders to levels of positive functioning and abstinence appropriate to the service recipient. A primary goal of these services is to move service recipients into less intensive levels of care and/or reintegration into the community as appropriate. Services include counseling contacts, lectures/seminars, and other services necessary to meet the service recipients assessed needs.(6) "Non-Residential Opioid Treatment Facility" means a non-residential opioid treatment facility for treating the opiate-dependent service recipient with the goal of the service recipient becoming free from any drug which is not medically indicated.(7) "Alcohol and Drug Residential Detoxification Services" means intensive twenty-four (24) hour residential services for service recipients at least eighteen (18) years of age meeting the criteria of the American Society of Addiction Medicine Placement Criteria (ASAM PPC) for clinically managed detoxification (Level III.2-D) or medically monitored detoxification (Level III.7-D) to systematically reduce or eliminate the amount of a toxic agent in the body until the signs and symptoms of withdrawal are resolved. Clinically managed residential detoxification emphasizes social and peer support and relies on established clinical protocols to determine whether service recipients need a higher level of care to manage withdrawal. Medically monitored residential detoxification services use medical and nursing professionals to manage withdrawal signs and symptoms without the full resources of an acute care or psychiatric hospital. Residential detoxification services can be offered in a community setting or a specialty unit within a hospital.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-05-01-.17
New rule filed August 27, 2008; effective December 29, 2008.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-4-103, 33-1-302, 33-1-305, 33-1-309, 33-2-301, 33-2-302, 33-2-404, and Executive Order 44 (February 23, 2007).