Treatment planning and records
Arkansas Code § 20-76-201; Arkansas Code § 20-77-107; Arkansas Code § 25-10-129
(a)
- (1) An individualized treatment plan shall be formulated for patients in residential community reintegration programs by the patient’s treatment team.
(2) A treatment team shall consist of:
- (A) A treatment team leader;
- (B) A psychiatrist, when the treatment team leader is not a psychiatrist; and
- (C) Other appropriate staff.
- (3) The treatment team leader shall be a mental health professional.
- (4) Treatment plans shall be reviewed with parents or guardians of beneficiaries in residential community reintegration programs, if appropriate.
(b) The treatment plan shall:
- (1) Be formulated, to the extent possible, with the cooperation and consent of the patient or a person acting on his or her behalf;
- (2) Be based upon diagnostic evaluation that includes examination of the medical, psychological, social, cultural, behavioral, familial, educational, vocational, and developmental aspects of the patient’s situation;
- (3) Set forth treatment objectives and prescribe an integrated program of therapies, activities, experiences, and appropriate education designed to meet these objectives;
- (4) Be maintained and updated with signed daily notes, and be kept in the beneficiary’s medical record or on a form developed by the facility; and
- (5) Be developed within the first five (5) days of service and reviewed by the treatment team a minimum of once every thirty (30) days of service to the individual beneficiary and modified as appropriate.