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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 388. Social and Health Services, Department of |
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Chapter 388-875. Criminally insane person committed to the care of the department of social and health services—Evaluation, placement, care and discharge. |
Section 388-875-0060. Individualized treatment.
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- (1) Whenever a person is committed to the secretary as criminally insane, the treatment facility to which the person is assigned shall, within fifteen days of admission to the facility, evaluate and diagnose the committed person for the purpose of devising an individualized treatment program.(2) Every person, committed to the secretary as criminally insane, shall have an individualized treatment plan formulated by the treatment facility. This plan shall be developed by appropriate treatment team members and implemented as soon as possible but no later than fifteen days after the person's admission to the treatment facility as criminally insane. Each individualized treatment plan shall include, but not be limited to:(a) A statement of the nature of the specific problems and specific needs of the patient;(b) A statement of the physical setting necessary to achieve the purposes of commitment;(c) A description of intermediate and long-range treatment goals, with a projected timetable for their attainment;(d) A statement and rationale for the plan of treatment for achieving these intermediate and long-range goals;(e) A specification of staff responsibility and a description of proposed staff involvement with a patient in order to attain these treatment goals;(f) Criteria for recommendation to the court for release.(3) This individualized treatment plan shall be reviewed by the treatment facility periodically, at least every six months, and a copy of the plan shall be sent to the committing court.