1. (1) The child care agency shall have a written description of its treatment program which must be made available to the placing youth's agency, parent, or guardian. The written description shall include but not be limited to:

   1. (a) the name, position, and qualification of the person who has overall responsibility for the treatment program;
   2. (b) identification of staff responsible for planning and implementing the various treatment procedures and techniques;
   3. (c) description of staff competencies and qualifications;
   4. (d) description of staff training requirements;
   5. (e) description of the various treatment procedures and techniques used;
   6. (f) the anticipated levels of disturbance for which such procedures and techniques are to be used;
   7. (g) provisions for follow-up and after care;
   8. (h) provisions for transfer to another treatment resource when goals for treatment of a particular youth have not been met or further treatment is required;
   9. (i) description of procedures used for assessing the appropriateness of the treatment strategy for each particular youth;
   10. (j) provisions for ongoing monitoring and recording; and
   11. (k) procedures for regular review of the overall treatment program and the individualized treatment strategies.

2. (2) The treatment program must be designed to provide:

   1. (a) adequate safeguards for the youth's health and welfare;
   2. (b) the least restrictive method to accomplish treatment goals; and
   3. (c) usage of available community resources.

Authorizing statute(s): 52-2-113, 52-2-603, MCA

Implementing statute(s): 52-2-603, MCA

History: NEW, 1984 MAR p. 327, Eff. 2/17/84; AMD, 1986 MAR p. 2080, Eff. 12/27/86; TRANS, from Dept. of SRS, 1987 MAR p. 1492, Eff. 7/1/87; TRANS, from DFS, 1998 MAR p. 663; AMD, 2011 MAR p. 387, Eff. 3/25/11.