Required Policies

Required Policies.

Required Policies. A YCSF must have written policies and procedures for the following:

(1) Admission policy and criteria, including ages and gender of youth served, and how bedrooms will be allocated.

(2) Utilization review policy addressing determination of need and length of stay, frequency of review, and other utilization policy as needed. The YCSF is meant to be a short-term crisis stabilization facility. If utilization reviews show that a youth requires stabilization longer than a 30-day period, approval from the department must be obtained.

(3) Policy on prescriber consulting relationships and processes to access consultation with a physician, psychiatrist, physician’s assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber, to prescribe or consult on psychiatric medications of youths. This can include a youth’s own provider.

(4) Policy on how medications will be stored, secured, managed, and administered, and which staff is responsible. A description of how medical conditions, if any, will be managed.

(5) Policy on medical emergencies.

(6) Policy on clinical supervision, per s. DHS 50.09 .

(7) Policies for youths’ personal possessions, communication devices including phones, electronics usage, room searches, or other applicable policies.

(8) Facility rules, provided to youth and staff.

(9) Where client records will be maintained and how confidentiality requirements of those records will be safeguarded, as required under s. DHS 50.14 .

(10) Policy on how the YCSF will address safety concerns specific to the youth being served.

s, communication devices including phones, electronics usage, room searches, or other applicable policies.

(8) Facility rules, provided to youth and staff.

(9) Where client records will be maintained and how confidentiality requirements of those records will be safeguarded, as required under s. DHS 50.14 .

(10) Policy on how the YCSF will address safety concerns specific to the youth being served.

(11) Policy on emergency safety interventions. This policy must comply with s. DHS 50.12 . It must specify alternative interventions, best practices, and how the YCSF plans to implement emergency safety interventions. If seclusion or restraint will be used, it must provide a description of how it will be handled procedurally and for seclusion where the intervention will occur.

(11m) Policy on telehealth, including when telehealth can be used and by whom, patient privacy and information security considerations, and the right to decline services provided via telehealth.