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Authority: AS 44.29.020 AS 47.10.087 AS 47.32.030

AS 47.10.080 AS 47.12.120 Editor’s note: Effective July 1, 2022, Executive Order 121 split the former Department of Health and Social Services into the Department of Health and the Department of Family and Community Services. As of Register 242 (July 2022), the regulations attorney made a conforming technical revision under sec. 138, E.O. 121 and AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to the authority citation that follows 7 AAC 50.835, by substituting a reference to AS 47.32.030 (centralized licensing) for the reference to AS 47.35.010, a statute that was repealed in 2005. 7 AAC 50.840. Assessment and treatment plan in residential psychiatric treatment centers. (a) Within 72 hours after a child’s admission, a residential psychiatric treatment center shall develop an initial treatment plan for the child. The treatment plan must be completed within 15 days following the child’s admission. The treatment plan must be tailored to the individual child, and must be based on

(1) the pre-admission history of the child;

(2) any recent pre-admission assessments of the child; and

(3) the most current evaluation and assessment of the child conducted by staff of the residential psychiatric treatment center. (b) The treatment plan required by (a) of this section must include

(1) each item required of a treatment plan in 7 AAC 50.330(b)(1) — (5) and 7 AAC 50.330(b)(7);

(2) the estimated length of stay and detailed discharge plans for the child; and

(3) the evaluation required by 7 AAC 50.870(b). (c) The residential psychiatric treatment center shall follow the requirements of 7 AAC 50.330(d) for informing staff of the treatment plan required by (a) of this section. (d) The residential psychiatric treatment center shall invite the child, the child’s parents, the child’s Indian custodian or guardian, if any, the child’s placement worker, therapist, guardian ad