Cal. Code Regs. tit. 9, § 786.12 – Rehabilitation Program--Staff.

(a) Licensees are required to provide additional mental health professional, administrative or supportive personnel whenever the Department determines, through a written evaluation, that additional personnel are needed to provide for the health, safety and rehabilitation needs of clients.
(b) Interdisciplinary Professional Staff: The mental health rehabilitation center shall provide either through direct employment or by contractual arrangement, an interdisciplinary professional staff to develop and implement a specialized rehabilitation program and services, and to provide specific expertise to the program staff, and to provide direct client services.
1. (1) The interdisciplinary professional staff shall be composed of at least two of the following disciplines:
  1. (A) Psychologist.
  2. (B) Social Worker.
  3. (C) Marriage, Family and Child Counselor.
  4. (D) Occupational Therapist.
  5. (E) Mental Health Rehabilitation Specialist.
  6. (F) Program Director as specified in Section 786.13(d).
  7. (G) Licensed Nursing Staff.
  8. (H) Any other related discipline approved by the Department
2. (2) Each member of the professional staff shall have a minimum of one (1) year of experience or training in a mental health setting.
3. (3) In addition to other staffing requirements, a licensed mental health rehabilitation facility which provides a rehabilitation services program shall provide interdisciplinary professional staff as required in (b) above, in accordance with the following schedule:
  1. (A) For facilities having an average of 41 or fewer clients per week, a minimum of 24 hours per week of interdisciplinary professional staff time.
  2. (B) For facilities having an average of 42 or more clients per week, a minimum of 48 hours per week of interdisciplinary professional staff time.
(c) Program staff shall include only those full or part time employees of the mental health rehabilitation center whose duties and responsibilities include the treatment, counseling or supervision of the mental health rehabilitation center's program population.
1. (1) At a minimum, all program staff shall have graduated from high school or possess a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) and have a minimum of two (2) years of full-time experience, or its part-time equivalent, working in a mental health program serving persons with severe and persistent mental disabilities. Such experience shall be in the direct provision of services to a program's identified clients or residents. A bachelors degree with a major in psychology, social work or behavioral sciences may be substituted for the two (2) years of full-time work experience or its part-time equivalent.
  1. (A) Persons who have been consumers of mental health services may be utilized in the program when consistent with program design and services provided, and (c)(1) above.
  2. (B) Program staff shall be employed and on duty in at least the number and with the qualifications determined by the Department to provide the required rehabilitation services.
2. (2) The mental health rehabilitation center shall provide at least one (1) hour of program staff time for each five (5) hours of rehabilitation services provided for each client.
(d) Program staff time shall not include the program director, interdisciplinary professional staff, director of nursing service or nursing staff.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 5675 and 5768, Welfare and Institutions Code; Section 3 of Chapter 678 of the Statutes of 1994. Reference: Sections 5675 and 5768, Welfare and Institutions Code.

History

1. New section filed 8-21-95 as an emergency; operative 8-21-95 (Register 95, No. 34). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-17-95 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

2. New section refiled 2-9-96 as an emergency; operative 2-9-96 (Register 96, No. 6). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-8-96 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

3. New section refiled 6-10-96 as an emergency; operative 6-10-96 (Register 96, No. 24). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-8-96 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

4. New section refiled 10-8-96 as an emergency; operative 10-8-96 (Register 96, No. 41). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-5-97 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

5. Certificate of Compliance as to 10-8-96 order transmitted to OAL 2-5-97; disapproved by OAL and order of repeal as to 10-8-96 order filed on 3-21-97 (Register 97, No. 12).

6. New section filed 3-21-97 as an emergency; operative 3-21-97 (Register 97, No. 12). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-21-97 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

7. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-21-97 order, including repealer of former section 786.12 and renumbering and amendment of former section 786.13 to new section 786.12, transmitted to OAL 7-21-97 and filed 8-21-97 (Register 97, No. 34).