Ohio Admin. Code 4731-16-08 - Criteria for approval for evaluators and treatment providers
(A)
In order to be approved as an evaluator or treatment
provider for impaired applicants or practitioners, the evaluator or treatment
provider must submit an application to the monitoring organization, which
includes information regarding the areas of expertise and services provided,
accreditation status, staffing composition, treatment approaches utilized,
census and financial information, and other information as requested by the
monitoring organization.
(B)
The monitoring organization shall review individuals
and entities providing evaluations and treatment to licensees and applicants
who are impaired or potentially impaired.
(1)
As part of the
review the monitoring organization shall determine whether the individual or
entity has the capability to evaluate impaired or potentially impaired
practitioners or applicants for conditions which impair the ability to practice
in accordance with acceptable and prevailing standards of care, including
mental or physical illness, including substance use disorder.
(2)
As part of the
review, the monitoring organization shall determine whether the individual or
entity has the capability to provide treatment to impaired practitioners or
applicants, which may include withdrawal management, inpatient, residential,
extended residential, partial hospitalization intensive outpatient, outpatient,
continuing care, or other therapy or treatment.
(3)
Evaluators or
treatment providers which are facilities providing substance use disorder
evaluation or treatment shall hold accreditation from one of the
following:
(a)
Commission on accreditation of rehabilitation
facilities;
(b)
American society of addiction medicine;
or
(c)
The joint commission.
(4)
Evaluators or
treatment providers which are facilities providing mental health disorder
evaluation or treatment shall hold accreditation from one of the
following:
(a)
Commission on accreditation of rehabilitation facilities;
or
(b)
The joint commission.
(5)
Evaluators or
treatment providers who are individual physicians or other licensed healthcare
professionals shall provide evidence of education, training, and experience
treating the relevant diseases or conditions.
(C)
The monitoring
organization shall prepare of list of approved evaluators and treatment
providers and make that available to practitioners or applicants referred to
the monitoring organization.
(D)
The monitoring
organization shall provide annual training to evaluators and treatment
providers regarding the eligibility requirements for the confidential
monitoring program, the board's statutes, rules, and policies regarding
impairment, and evaluator and treatment provider reporting
requirements.
(E)
The monitoring organization shall periodically review
the operations and outcomes of the evaluators and treatment providers to
determine whether the standard of care is being met. If the monitoring
organization determines that any evaluators or treatment providers no longer
meet the standard of care, the monitoring organization may remove the evaluator
or treatment provider from the list provided to impaired or potentially
impaired licensees and applicants.
(F)
The approved
evaluator or treatment provider shall do the following:
(1)
Develop an
individualized treatment plan for every practitioner or applicant who enters
treatment including any required supervision or restrictions of practice during
treatment;
(2)
Require a practitioner to suspend practice as required
by the treatment provider or the monitoring organization medical director or
designee;
(3)
Report to the monitoring organization any instances of
violations of this chapter, including any practitioner or applicant who due to
impairment present an imminent danger to oneself or the public and any
practitioner or applicant who is unwilling or unable to complete or comply with
the terms of evaluation, treatment, or monitoring;
(4)
Report to the
monitoring organization the resumption of practice of any impaired practitioner
before the treatment provider and medical director or designee of the
monitoring organization has made a clear determination that the practitioner is
capable of practicing according to acceptable and prevailing standards of
care;
(5)
Fulfill all recordkeeping requirements applicable under
state and federal laws, including completing and maintaining records for each
practitioner and applicant seen for evaluation and treatment;
and
(6)
Require every practitioner or applicant who submits for
an evaluation or enters treatment to execute a release with respect to issuance
of the required reports to the monitoring organization.
(G)
Each
quarter, the evaluator or treatment provider shall provide to the monitoring
organization information regarding licensees or applicants seen for evaluation
or treatment under the confidential monitoring program, as determined by the
monitoring organization.
(H)
The evaluator or treatment provider shall notify the
monitoring organization of the following changes prior to the effective
date:
(1)
Transfer of ownership of program;
(2)
Change in
location of the program; or
(3)
Change in medical
director.
(I)
The evaluator or treatment provider shall not report to
the board the identity of a practitioner or applicant who has been referred for
evaluation or treatment by a party other than the board, so long as the
practitioner or applicant maintains participation in accordance with
requirements of the confidential monitoring program under section
4731.25 of the Revised
Code.
(J)
Nothing in this rule relieves licensees of the board of
their duty to report violations of laws and rules to the board.
Replaces: 4731-16-07, 4731-16-08
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4730.07, 4731.05, 4731.255, 4759.05, 4760.19, 4761.03, 4762.19, 4774.11, 4778.12
Rule Amplifies: 4730.25, 4730.32, 4731.22, 4731.224, 4731.25, 4731.251, 4731.252, 4731.253, 4731.254, 4759.07, 4759.13, 4760.13, 4760.16, 4761.09, 4761.19, 4762.13, 4762.16, 4774.13, 4774.16, 4778.14, 4778.17
Prior Effective Dates: 12/01/1991, 09/01/1999, 11/30/2002, 06/30/2007, 01/31/2009, 01/31/2022
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