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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 conforming technical revisions under sec. 138, E.O. 121 and AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to 7 AAC 140.405. 7 AAC 140.410. Residential psychiatric treatment center plan of care. (a) The individual plan of care established by the inpatient interdisciplinary team in accordance with 7 AAC 140.405(b)(4) must

(1) be comprehensive and in writing;

(2) be developed based upon a diagnostic evaluation as required in 7 AAC 140.405(b)(1);

(3) be formulated in consultation with the recipient and the recipient’s family, guardian, or other individual to whose care or custody the recipient will be released following discharge;

(4) document treatment objectives and prescribe an integrated program of appropriate therapies, activities, and experiences designed to develop the recipient’s ability to function independently in the recipient’s own environment;

(5) include appropriate treatments that are reasonably expected to improve the recipient’s condition to the extent that RPTC services will become unnecessary; and

(6) include a discharge plan prepared at the time of admission and updated during the recipient’s inpatient stay as the recipient’s mental health service needs change, that specifies the approximate date for discharge, the recipient’s anticipated post-discharge service needs, the recipient’s prospective service providers, and other provisions necessary for the transition to a less restrictive environment. (b) The department will review a recipient’s plan of care to determine whether the RPTC services provided are or were required. The department may make recommendations as to necessary adjustments in a plan of care based on the recipient’s response to treatment. The department will do a review every 60 days. (Eff. 2/1/2010, Register 193) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.07.030 AS 47.07.040