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interview of the child as set out in 7 AAC 135.110(e) and shall

(1) evaluate a recent assessment of the potential resident performed by another professional mental health clinician; or

(2) review the complete treatment history of the potential resident. (c) A residential psychiatric treatment center may not admit a child for treatment as a resident if the child is less than six years of age. (d) To admit a child for treatment as a resident, a residential psychiatric treatment center must document that

(1) other care or treatment resources available in the community or region do not meet the treatment needs of the child because the other care or treatment resources are

(A) more restrictive or less restrictive than necessary to appropriately treat the child; or

(B) provided in a setting less restrictive than the facility, but the child’s treatment history shows that when therapeutic services in less restrictive settings have been provided to the child the services have been ineffective;

(2) proper treatment of the child’s psychiatric condition requires treatment and services on an inpatient residential basis under the direction of a physician because the child

(A) has a psychiatric condition or disorder that meets the diagnostic criteria as set out in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), adopted by reference as amended from time to time;

(B) requires the intensity of services available at a residential psychiatric treatment center, as documented by the clinical director of the facility, specifically including the following needs: