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UNOFFICIAL 1737-55 services are provided through agencies accredited by a national accreditation organization. These agencies must have staff that includes one or more qualified mental health professionals. If the services are provided by staff other than a qualified mental health professional, the staff shall be supervised at a minimum by a qualified mental health professional. (1) Crisis Residential Services: Crisis Residential Services are short-term interventions provided to individuals experiencing crisis, to address the cause of the crisis and to avert or delay the need for acute psychiatric inpatient hospitalization or inpatient hospital-based psychiatric care at levels of care below acute psychiatric inpatient. Crisis Residential Services are for individuals who are experiencing a period of acute stress that significantly impairs the capacity to cope with normal life circumstances. The program provides psychiatric services that address the psychiatric, psychological, and behavioral health needs of the individuals. Specific services are: (A) Psychiatric medical assessment; (B) Crisis stabilization and intervention; (C) Medication management and monitoring; (D) Individual, group or family counseling or all if necessary; and (E) Daily living skills training. Services are provided in a licensed residential program, licensed therapeutic group home or foster home setting. All crisis residential programs shall have less than sixteen beds. The services do not include payment for room and board. Staff providing crisis residential services shall be qualified mental health professionals. If the services are provided by staff other than a qualified mental health professional, the staff must be supervised at a minimum by a qualified mental health professional. (3) Biopsychosocial Rehabilitative Programs: This is a therapeutic day rehabilitative social skill building service which allows individuals with serious mental illness to