Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 9, § 543 - Outpatient Services

Outpatient Services mean services designed to provide short-term or sustained therapeutic intervention for individuals experiencing acute or ongoing psychiatric distress. These service functions are the following:

(a) Collateral Services, which mean sessions with significant persons in the life of the patient, necessary to serve the mental health needs of the patient.

(b) Assessment, which means services designed to provide formal documented evaluation or analysis of the cause or nature of the patient's mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder. Assessment services are limited to an intake examination, mental health evaluation, physical examination, and laboratory testing necessary for the evaluation and treatment of the patient's mental health needs.

(c) Individual Therapy, which means services designed to provide a goal directed therapeutic intervention with the patient which focuses on the mental health needs of the patient.

(d) Group Therapy, which means services designed to provide a goal directed, face-to-face therapeutic intervention with the patient and one or more other patients who are treated at the same time, and which focuses on the mental health needs of the patients.

(e) Medication, which includes the prescribing, administration, or dispensing of medications necessary to maintain individual psychiatric stability during the treatment process. This service shall include evaluation of side effects and results of medication.

(f) Crisis Intervention, which means immediate therapeutic response which must include a face-to-face contact with a patient exhibiting acute psychiatric symptoms to alleviate problems which, if untreated, present an imminent threat to the patient or others.

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 9, § 543

1. Amendment filed 8-23-83 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 83, No. 35). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 180 days or emergency language will be repealed on 2-19-84.
2. Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to emergency amendment filed 8-23-83 by operation of Government Code Section 11346.1(f) (Register 84, No. 15).
3. Amendment filed 2-27-84 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 84, No. 15). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 180 days or emergency language will be repealed on 8-27-84.
4. Certificate of Compliance including amendment transmitted to OAL 8-14-84 and filed 9-28-84 (Register 84, No. 39).
5. Editorial correction of HISTORY NOTE No. 3 (Register 84, No. 28).
6. Certificate of Compliance including amendment transmitted to OAL 8-14-84 and filed 9-28-84 (Register 84, No. 39).

Note: Authority cited: Section 5705.1, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Section 5600, Welfare and Institutions Code.

1. Amendment filed 8-23-83 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 83, No. 35). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 180 days or emergency language will be repealed on 2-19-84.
2. Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to emergency amendment filed 8-23-83 by operation of Government Code Section 11346.1(f) (Register 84, No. 15).
3. Amendment filed 2-27-84 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 84, No. 15). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 180 days or emergency language will be repealed on 8-27-84.
4. Certificate of Compliance including amendment transmitted to OAL 8-14-84 and filed 9-28-84 (Register 84, No. 39).
5. Editorial correction of HISTORY NOTE No. 3 (Register 84, No. 28).
6. Certificate of Compliance including amendment transmitted to OAL 8-14-84 and filed 9-28-84 (Register 84, No. 39).