1. (1) If the licensee offers a partial hospitalization program, the following services may be included:

   1. (a) crisis stabilization or the provision of intensive, short-term, daily programming, that averts psychiatric hospitalization or offers transitional treatment back into community life to shorten an episode of acute inpatient care; and
   2. (b) intermediate term treatment that provides more extended, daily, goal directed clinical services for a population at high risk for hospitalization or readmission due to the serious or persistent nature of their psychiatric, emotional behavioral, or addictive disorder.

2. (2) If the licensee offers partial hospitalization services, the licensee shall establish policies and procedures to address the following:

   1. (a) criteria for admission indicating a DSM V Mental disorder;
   2. (b) assessment;
   3. (c) treatment planning;
   4. (d) active treatment;
   5. (e) coordination of care; and
   6. (f) discharge criteria.

KEY: health care facilities

Date of Last Change: November 1, 2023

Notice of Continuation: September 1, 2025

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-2-202