Attestation of psychiatric residential treatment facility compliance:

1. (1) Pursuant to 42 C.F.R. § 483.374 (2001), each psychiatric residential treatment facility that provides inpatient psychiatric services to individuals who are under twenty-one (21) years of age must attest, in writing, that the psychiatric residential treatment facility is in compliance with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services standards governing the use of restraint and seclusion.
2. (2) This attestation must be signed by the psychiatric residential treatment facility administrator.
3. (3) Signed attestation letters must be sent to the Office of Long-Term Care.
4. (4) For additional information, please refer to the federal Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility State Operations Manual Appendix N-Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility Interpretive Guidance, and Chapter 2, Section 2832A.