Section 0940-05-44-.08 - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES(1) The facility must offer daily treatment services necessary to assess needs, help the service recipient understand addiction and support the completion of the detoxification process.(2) The facility must plan for discharge to address service recipient needs as indicated in the assessment/history in the following areas: vocational, educational skills and academic performance; financial issues; cognitive, socio-emotional, and psychological issues; social, family, and peer interactions; physical health; community living skills and housing information. Such services may be provided directly by the agency or indirectly by referral to other service providers. Referral agreements with frequently used providers must be documented. The provision of such services to individual service recipients must be documented in the service recipient record at the facility.(3) The facility must document either by written agreements or by program services access to an interdisciplinary team of appropriately trained clinicians (such as physicians, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, counselors, social workers and psychologists) to assess, obtain, and interpret information regarding service recipient needs. The number and disciplines of team members must be appropriate to the range and severity of the service recipient's problem.(4) The facility must document, either by written agreements or by program services, the provision of twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week availability of immediate medical evaluation and care.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-05-44-.08
Original rule filed April 27, 2000; effective July 11, 2000. Repeal and new rule filed January 4, 2006; effective March 20, 2006. Amendment filed June 21, 2007; effective September 4, 2007. Per Executive Order 44 (February 23, 2007), rule was transferred from 1200-8-23 on May 15, 2008. Repeal and new rule filed January 7, 2009; effective March 23, 2009.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-4-103, 4-5-202; 4-5-204; 33-1-302, 33-1-305, 33-1-309; and 33-2-301; 33-2-302;33-2-404; and Executive Order 44 (February 23, 2007).