Utah Admin. Code R523-4-3 - Definitions
(1) "Screening" means a preliminary appraisal
of an adult to determine if further assessment of mental health, and/or
substance use risk and needs is warranted.
(2) "Assessment" means an in-depth clinical
interview with a licensed mental health therapist, used to:
(a) determine if an adult is in need of
mental health or substance use disorder treatment, an educational series, and
recovery support services; and
(b)
recommend a needed level of care or array of services.
(3) "Criminogenic Risk" means individual
characteristics that are directly related to researched causations of
crime.
(4) "Level of Care" means
the intensity of either substance use disorder services needed as defined by
the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) or the array of services
needed to address an individual's mental health issues.
(5) "Treatment" means the array of
therapeutic services, including individual, family, group services, medications
and interventions designed to improve and enhance social or psychological
functioning and reduce criminogenic risk for individuals identified as having
either mental health or substance use disorders.
(6) "Educational Series" means an
evidence-based instructional series obtained at a substance use disorder
program that is approved by the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
in accordance with Subsection
62A-15-105(6)
designed to prevent the onset of substance use and/or mental health
disorders.
(7) "Recovery" means a
process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness,
live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.
(8) "Recovery Support" means social support
services or activities provided before, during or after completion of acute
treatment services to enhance an individual's ability to either attain or
retain their recovery from either mental health or substance use
disorders.
(9) "Recovery residence"
means a home, residence, or facility as defined by Subsection
62A-2-101(33).
(10) "Residential, Vocational and Life Skills
Program" mean a non-profit, residential, vocational life-skills program as
defined in Subsection
13-53-102(5) that
does not provide substance use disorder, or mental health treatment, and does
not accept public funds.
(11)
"Mandatory" means education or treatment ordered, motivated, or supervised by
the criminal justice system.
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