Level 1 therapeutic communities — Professional services
Arkansas Code § 20-76-201; Arkansas Code § 20-77-107; Arkansas Code § 25-10-129
- (a) Professional services include any service allowed to be performed by a mental health professional (independently licensed or nonindependently licensed clinician) within the Counseling and Crisis Services Provider Manual, 20 CAR pt. 614.
(b)
- (1) There shall be no less than ten (10) hours per week of professional services provided to each client.
- (2) The therapeutic community must ensure that ten (10) hours of professional services are provided during ninety percent (90%) of all weeks during each quarter of treatment of the client.
(3)
- (A) Of the ten (10) hours required per week, three (3) hours shall be delivered on an individual basis (for example, individual behavioral health counseling).
- (B) Services provided to a group of individuals at the same time do not count towards the three (3) hours of individual services required.
- (4) Of the ten (10) hours required per week, seven (7) hours may be delivered to multiple clients in a group.
(c)
- (1) Documentation in the client’s medical record requires services to be put in the daily service log for all clients.
- (2) Services shall include activities to address client’s treatment goal or goals established in the individualized plan of care.