Section 75-05-03-01 - Outpatient servicesOutpatient services. An outpatient service is an organized, nonresidential service or an office practice which provides professionally directed aftercare, individual, group, and other services to consumers.
1. Each human service center shall offer a range of outpatient services to consumers based on consumers' needs regarding emotional, social, and behavioral problems. These outpatient services include services provided or arranged for: a. Individual counseling;d. Psychological and psychometric evaluations of testing; ande. Psychiatric assessments.2. Each human service center shall define and provide general outpatient services to vulnerable children, adolescents, adults, elderly, and families who are experiencing psychosocial, psychiatric, or substance use issues, including any combination of those issues.3. Each human service center shall develop written program descriptions of each program provided by the center.4. Outpatient services must be available to consumers during the day and on designated evenings or weekends.5. All significant consumer contacts and treatment provided must be documented in the consumer's record.6. With the consumer's permission, acute treatment outpatient services must be coordinated with other private and public agencies.N.D. Admin Code 75-05-03-01
Effective November 1, 1987; amended effective December 1, 1991; February 1, 1996; January 1, 2009.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2020-377, July 2020, effective 7/1/2020.General Authority: NDCC 50-06-05.2
Law Implemented: NDCC 50-06-05.2