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UNOFFICIAL 1737-24 (2) Moderate cases shall be allowed a maximum of eighteen visits within a twelve month period; (3) Maintenance cases shall be allowed a maximum of twelve visits within a twelve month period; and (4) Personality disorders without acute crisis shall be eligible for extension after one year of treatment, with sufficient justification. (h) Visits not used in the authorized twelve month period shall not be added to the outpatient visits allowed for the following twelve month period. (i) A summary of the patient-therapist relationship may be requested at any interval after the onset of treatment: (1) The summary should include such information as a justification for said diagnosis, a logical expressed treatment plan and observed changes since the onset of patient-therapist relationship; and (2) The summary shall be utilized by the department's psychiatric consultant or by the department's established peer review committee to determine the number of subsequent out-patient visits that shall be authorized.
(j)Patients who have been under continuous psychiatric…#
(j) Patients who have been under continuous psychiatric treatment for longer than a year may have their records reviewed by the department's psychiatric consultant for progress towards rehabilitation and general productivity of therapy before further outpatient visits are approved. If the provider is in disagreement with the department's psychiatric consultant's determination, the case shall be referred to the department's established peer review committee for review.