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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: October 28, 2024) |
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63. Department of Juvenile Justice |
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63N. Mental Health/Substance Abuse/Developmental Disability Services |
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63N-1. Service Delivery |
1(1) Designated Mental Health Clinician Authority.
7(a) Each facility with an operating capacity of 100 or more youths, each facility providing DJJ 23Specialized Treatment Services 26and every Detention Center shall employ or contract with a single 37Licensed Mental Health Professional 41to act as the Designated Mental Health Clinician Authority for the facility or program, or if the facility or program contracts with an agency or corporate entity, rather than a single Licensed Mental Health Professional, then a single 79Licensed Mental Health Professional 83within the agency or corporate entity shall be identified as the Designated Mental Health Clinician Authority for the DJJ facility or program.
105(b) The Designated Mental Health Clinician Authority must be on-site in the DJJ facility/program at least once a week for a sufficient time period to ensure that appropriate coordination and implementation of mental health and substance abuse services is taking place.
146(2) Clinical Coordinator.
149(a) Each facility that does not meet any of the criteria in paragraph (1)(a) above shall identify either a Designated Mental Health Clinician Authority 173or a 175Clinical Coordinator to be 179responsible for coordinating and verifying implementation of Necessary and Appropriate Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment services in the facility/program.
199(b) Identification of a non-licensed 204Mental Health Clinical Staff Person 209as a 211Clinical Coordinator 213does not confer upon the non-licensed 219Mental Health Clinical Staff Person 224the authority to provide clinical supervision of clinical staff.
233Rulemaking Authority 235985.64(2) FS. 237Law Implemented 239985.601(3)(a), 240985.14(3)(a), 241985.145(1), 242985.18, 243985.48(4), 244985.64(2) FS. 246History–New 3-16-14.
