Nonmedication treatment services; documentation.

(a) The program must offer at least 50 consecutive minutes of individual or group therapy treatment services as defined in section 245G.07, subdivision 1 , paragraph (a), clause (1), per week, for the first ten weeks following deleted text begin admission deleted text end new text begin the day of service initiation new text end , and at least 50 consecutive minutes per month thereafter. As clinically appropriate, the program may offer these services cumulatively and not consecutively in increments of no less than 15 minutes over the required time period, and for a total of 60 minutes of treatment services over the time period, and must document the reason for providing services cumulatively in the client's record. The program may offer additional levels of service when deemed clinically necessary.

(b) Notwithstanding the requirements of comprehensive assessments in section 245G.05 , the assessment must be completed within 21 days new text begin from the day new text end of service initiation.

(c) Notwithstanding the requirements of individual treatment plans set forth in section 245G.06 :

(1) treatment plan contents for a maintenance client are not required to include goals the client must reach to complete treatment and have services terminated;

(2) treatment plans for a client in a taper or detox status must include goals the client must reach to complete treatment and have services terminated; new text begin and new text end

(3) for the deleted text begin initial deleted text end ten weeks deleted text begin after admission deleted text end new text begin following the day of service initiation new text end for all new admissions, readmissions, and transfers, deleted text begin progress notes deleted text end new text begin a weekly treatment plan review new text end must be deleted text begin entered in a client's file at deleted text end deleted text begin least weekly and be recorded in each of the six dimensions upon the development of deleted text end new text begin documented once new text end the treatment plan deleted text begin and thereafter deleted text end new text begin is completed new text end . Subsequently, the counselor must document deleted text begin progress deleted text end new text begin treatment plan reviews new text end in the six dimensions at least once monthly or, when clinical need warrants, more frequently deleted text begin ; and deleted text end new text begin . new text end

deleted text begin (4) upon the development of the treatment plan and thereafter, treatment plan reviews must occur weekly, or after each treatment service, whichever is less frequent, for the first ten weeks after the treatment plan is developed. Following the first ten weeks of treatment plan reviews, reviews may occur monthly, unless the client's needs warrant more frequent revisions or documentation. deleted text end