75-03-44-30. Outpatient behavioral health services.

1. The certified clinic directly, or through a designated collaborating organization, shall provide outpatient behavioral health care.

2. The certified clinic directly, or through a designated collaborating organization, shall provide evidence-based services using best practices for treating mental health and substance use disorders across the lifespan of an individual utilizing tailored approaches.

3. The certified clinic shall provide the following outpatient services: a. Mental health counseling for individuals and their families; b. Psychopharmacological treatment, psychiatric evaluation, and medication management for individuals;

c. Psychological and psychometric evaluations; d. Substance use disorder treatment at an intensive outpatient level of care and less intensive levels of care as described by article 75-03 for adults; e. Substance use disorder treatment at an outpatient level of care as described by article 75-03 for adolescents; and f. Treatment of tobacco use disorders.

4. If specialized or more intensive services outside the expertise of the certified clinic or designated collaborating organization are required for purposes of outpatient mental and substance use disorder treatment, the certified clinic shall make those services available through referral or other formal arrangement with other providers or, where necessary and appropriate, through use of telehealth, telemedicine, videoconferencing, remote patient monitoring, asynchronous interventions, or other technologies, in alignment with federal and state laws and regulations.

5. The certified clinic shall provide, or make available through a formal arrangement, traditional practices and treatment as appropriate for the individuals served in the certified clinic area. If specialist service providers are not available to provide direct care to a particular individual, or specialist care is not practically available, the certified clinic staff may consult with specialized services providers for highly specialized treatment needs.

History: Effective April 1, 2026.

General Authority: NDCC 50-06-05.2, 50-06-41.4