8.1 Responsibility for Health Care Services Pursuant to Section 1400

Chapter 8
Section 8.1
Subject 8.1 Responsibility for Health Care Services Pursuant to Section 1400
Effective Date 1/31/2024 12:00 AM
  1. Responsibility for Health Care Services 
    1. Facility administrator shall ensure that health care services are provided to all youth.
    2. Designated health administrator shall be responsible to:
      1. Develop policy for health care administration
      2. Identify health care providers for the defined scope of services
      3. Establish written agreements as necessary to provide access to health care
      4. Develop mechanisms to assure that those agreements are properly monitored
      5. Establish systems for coordination among health care service providers
      6. Work in cooperation with the Director of the Department of Behavioral/Mental Health 
    3. Designated responsible physician shall develop policy in health care matters involving clinical judgments.