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(5) a nursing service, under the direction of a registered nurse who has the following qualifications:

(A) a master’s degree in psychiatric nursing or a related field with one year of experience in nursing administration; or

(B) a baccalaureate degree in nursing with 2 years of experience in psychiatric nursing and two years of experience in nursing administration; and

(6) sufficient registered nursing personnel to give direct nursing care, and to plan, supervise, and coordinate care given by other mental health workers. (c) In addition to the services listed in (b) of this section, a psychiatric hospital must provide the following services, either directly or through a contract with outside providers:

(1) psychological testing and counseling;

(2) assessment, screening and diagnostic services;

(3) individual psychotherapy;

(4) group therapy;

(5) family therapy; and

(6) therapeutic occupational and activity programs. (d) A psychiatric hospital must have policies and procedures which require that it

(1) have a transfer agreement with a general acute care hospital which includes provision for transfer of a patient’s records upon transfer of the patient;

(2) admit and discharge patients in accordance with AS 47.30;

(3) provide for each patient a written treatment plan, developed with the patient’s participation as far as practicable, which incorporates a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach based on the patient’s medical, social, and psychiatric or psychological evaluations;

(4) include as part of each patient’s evaluation

(A) a medical history;

(B) a history of the current onset of illness, including the circumstances leading to admission;

(C) a description of the patient’s current mental status, including attitudes, behavior, intellectual and memory functioning, and orientation;

(D) a descriptive inventory of the patient’s assets; and

(E) if the patient is a child or adolescent, a report on the patient’s developmental