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manager, the department or child placement agency, community residential or treatment facilities or programs, and the child’s family;

(E) the involvement, if applicable, of religious, cultural, recreational or other community agencies that will be providing support or services to the child, the child’s family, or the provider of full time care to the child;

(F) documentation of the substantial agreement of the treatment team assembled under 7 AAC 50.840; and

(G) the consent of the child’s parent, Indian custodian, or guardian, and the consent of the child if the child is age sixteen or older and is capable of understanding the consequences, risks, and benefits of the decision. (c) In addition to the requirements of this section, a residential psychiatric treatment center

(1) shall meet the requirements regarding discharge specified in 7 AAC 50.340; and

(2) may not follow the procedures for discharge in 7 AAC 50.425( l) unless the signs of danger to self or others exhibited by the child are so severe that the resident cannot be managed in the facility and requires immediate hospitalization. (Eff. 6/21/2001, Register 158) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 44.29.020 AS 47.32.030 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 50.855, 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substituting a reference to AS 47.32.030 (centralized licensing) for the reference to AS 47.35.010, a statute that was repealed in 2005. 7 AAC 50.860. Independent review of extended periods of treatment or stays in secure care. (a) The residential psychiatric treatment center shall contract and pay for an independent review of the progress evaluation performed under 7 AAC 50.845(a), the treatment plan developed under 7 AAC 50.840, the progress of the child in treatment at the facility up to the date of the evaluation, the child’s educational progress, and any other factors relevant to the