S.C. Code Regs. 36-21 - Impaired Practitioner Treatment Programs
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 3, March 25, 2022
(A) The Board may contract with providers of
impaired treatment programs, or refer practitioners to Board-approved programs,
receive and evaluate reports of suspected impairment from any source, intervene
in cases of verified impairment, monitor treatment and rehabilitation of the
impairment, provide post-treatment monitoring, and support and provide other
functions as necessary to carry out the provisions of this
regulation.
(B) The Board-approved
treatment programs shall be provided with all relevant information from the
Board and other sources regarding a practitioner referred to the program,
including but not limited to, the potential impairment. The program shall
report in a timely fashion any impaired professional counselor, marriage and
family therapist, or psycho-educational specialist who refuses to cooperate
with an evaluation or investigation, or who refuses to submit to treatment or
rehabilitation, or whose impairment is not substantially alleviated through
treatment or who, in the opinion of the evaluators, is unable to practice
professional counseling, marriage and family therapy, or psycho-education with
reasonable skill and safety.
(C)
All Board-approved programs must:
(1) report
to the Board the name of any impaired practitioner who fails to enter treatment
within forty-eight (48) hours following the provider's determination that the
practitioner needs treatment; and
(2) require every practitioner who enters
treatment to agree to a treatment contract establishing the terms of treatment
and aftercare, including any required supervision or restrictions of practice
during treatment or aftercare; and
(3) require a practitioner to suspend
practice upon entry into any required inpatient treatment; and
(4) report to the Board any failure by an
impaired practitioner to comply with the terms of the treatment contract during
inpatient or outpatient treatment or aftercare; and
(5) report to the Board the resumption of
practice of any impaired practitioner before the treatment provider has made a
clear determination that the practitioner is capable of practicing according to
acceptable and prevailing standards of care; and
(6) require a practitioner who resumes
practice after completion of treatment to comply with an aftercare contract
that meets the requirements of rules adopted by the Board for approval of
treatment providers.
Notes
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