Utah Admin. Code R523-22-5 - Certification of ACT Teams
(1) The following
requirements will be met in order for a behavioral health provider to receive
State certification of an ACT team:
(a) Meet
the minimum fidelity criteria described in SAMHSA Assertive Community Treatment
Evidence-Based Practices tool kit. Any exemptions to this requirement must be
pre-approved by the division;
(b)
The Dartmouth Assertive Community Treatment Scale (DACTS), or the Tool for the
Measurement of ACT (TMACT) is used to measure its ACT team fidelity to the EBP
model;
(c) After initial
certification of the ACT team, the division may request a new fidelity review,
and all teams will have regular fidelity reviews, at a minimum of
annually;
(d) For initial
certification, each ACT team must achieve an overall average fidelity score
that meets the minimum average overall fidelity score on the DACTS or TMACT as
determined by the instruments, and the division.
(e) Continuing certification requires each
ACT team to achieve and maintain a minimum average overall fidelity score
within one year of initial certification, and have plans, and show progress
toward greater fidelity; and
(f) An
ACT team will be staffed and supervised by individuals who meet the
qualifications found in the Mental Health Professional Practice Act, Section
58-60.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.