Ohio Admin. Code 5122-41-06 - Staffing, staffing qualifications, and staff ratios
PRTF staff will be:
(A)
Physician medical
director. If the medical director is not a board certified or board eligible
psychiatrist, the PRTF will also employ or contract with a psychiatrist who
meets this qualification.
(B)
Administrative director, who will meet one of the
following qualifications:
(1)
Master's degree in human services field plus two years
prior human services supervisory experience; or,
(2)
Bachelor's degree
in human services field plus four years prior human services program
supervisory experience.
(C)
Clinical director
with two years clinical experience in a mental health setting that served
children or adolescents with emotional problems.
(1)
The clinical
director may also serve as the administrative director.
(2)
The physician
medical director may also serve as the clinical director if employed at least
forty hours per week.
(D)
Sufficient
clinical staff to meet each youth's treatment needs and who are appropriately
credentialed to provide mental health services. If the PRTF provides services
to youth with co-occurring substance use disorders, sufficient clinical staff
will be credentialed to provide substance use disorder treatment. If the PRTF
provides services to youth with intellectual or developmental disabilities, the
PRTF will have sufficient clinical staff with expertise in treatment for youth
with disabilities.
(E)
Sufficient direct care staff to meet all youths'
supervisory and care needs.
(1)
During the hours of eight a.m. until ten p.m., the PRTF
will maintain a staffing ratio of at least one direct care staff for each three
youths, except that the ratio will be one direct care staff for each two youths
with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The PRTF will have a minimum
of two direct care staff at all times, including a practitioner with a scope of
practice of at least a registered nurse, physician assistant, or advance
practice nurse.
(2)
During the hours of ten p.m. until eight a.m., the PRTF
will maintain a staffing ratio of at least one direct care staff for each six
youths. The PRTF will have a minimum of two direct care staff at all times,
including a practitioner with a scope of practice of at least a licensed
practical nurse.
(F)
The PRTF includes
additional staff as needed to meet youth's dietary, educational, social
recreational, and other needs.
(G)
If there is
another residential facility or outpatient services on the grounds where the
PRTF is located, when direct care and nursing staff are on-duty in the PRTF,
these staff are specifically assigned to the PRTF with duties separate from
other services, e.g. acute, other residential, or outpatient
services.
(H)
The PRTF increases staff when necessary to meet the
acuity needs of the youth.
(I)
The following
staff will be on call at all times and available to come on-site to the PRTF
when one is not available on-site:
(1)
A psychiatrist, doctorate level behavioral health
professional, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner,
physician's assistant, or physician with behavioral health experience;
and,
(2)
Licensed clinician. With the exception of a certified
nurse practitioner, this does not include staff who are registered or certified
by an Ohio licensing board, e.g. a registered social work assistant or
certified chemical dependency counselor assistant.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 5119.141
Rule Amplifies: 5119.141, 5119.34
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