3905.1 A provider of Clubhouse services must have one or more staff persons certified by the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (PRA) as a Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP) or that have an equivalent certification.

3905.2 Any staff members who have not been certified from the PRA as a CPRP must have at least a bachelor's level degree or two (2) years of work experience providing psychiatric rehabilitation services, and have received the training required by § 3912 of this chapter.

3905.3 Staffing ratios must comply with Clubhouse Standards.

3905.4 Clubhouse services may be provided by a team of staff that is responsible for an assigned group of consumers, or by staff who are individually responsible for assigned consumers.

3905.5 Credentialed Clubhouse staff must be supervised by a qualified practitioner.

3905.6 The following are qualified practitioners:

1. (a) Psychiatrists;
2. (b) Psychologists;
3. (c) Licensed Independent Clinical Social Workers ("LICSWs");
4. (d) Licensed Professional Counselors ("LPCs");
5. (e) Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists ("LMFTs");
6. (f) Physician Assistants;
7. (g) Licensed Graduate Social Workers; and
8. (h) Licensed Graduate Professional Counselors.

3905.7 Each Clubhouse shall satisfy the following minimum staffing requirements:

1. (a) A Chief Executive Officer with professional qualifications and experience, who shall meet the requirements as established by the MHRS provider's governing authority, and is responsible for day-to-day management of the MHRS provider;

(b) A Consulting Psychiatrist who is a physician that has completed all training in a program in psychiatry accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, approved by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc., or who is board-certified in psychiatry and advises the specialty provider on the quality of medical and psychiatric care provided;

(c) A Clinical Director who is an independently licensed qualified practitioner with overall responsibility for oversight of the clinical program of the specialty provider; and

(d) The required staff listed in this subsection shall be either employees of the Clubhouse specialty provider or under contract to the Clubhouse specialty provider for an amount of time sufficient to carry out the duties assigned.

SOURCE: Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 4010 (May 7, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 7734 (August 20, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 8698, 8701 (September 24, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 5638 (May 3, 2019); as amended by Final Rulemaking 68 DCR 012400 (November 26, 2021).