Section 388-865-0260. Mental health professionals and specialists.

The regional support network must assure sufficient numbers of mental health professionals and specialists are available in the service area to meet the needs of eligible consumers. The regional support network must:

(1) Document efforts to acquire the services of the required mental health professionals and specialists;

(2) Ensure development of a training program using in-service training or outside resources to assist service providers to acquire necessary skills and experience to serve the needs of the consumer population;

(3) If more than five hundred persons in the total population in the regional support network geographic area report in the U.S. census that they belong to racial/ethnic groups as defined in WAC 388-865-0150, the regional support network must contract or otherwise establish a working relationship with the required specialists to:

(a) Provide all or part of the treatment services for these populations; or

(b) Supervise or provide consultation to staff members providing treatment services to these populations.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 71.05.560, 71.24.035 (5)(c), 71.34.800, 9.41.047, 43.20B.020, and 43.20B.335. WSR 01-12-047, § 388-865-0260, filed 5/31/01, effective 7/1/01.]

RCW 71.05.560, 71.24.035 (5)(c), 71.34.800, 9.41.047, 43.20B.020, and 43.20B.335. WSR 01-12-047, § 388-865-0260, filed 5/31/01, effective 7/1/01.

Rules

388-865-0150,