37.27.115    ALL STATE APPROVED PROGRAMS - ACCEPTANCE OF PERSONS INTO THE TREATMENT PROGRAM

(1) The program shall ensure compliance with 53-24-209, MCA.

(2) The program shall admit and care for only those persons for whom it can provide care and services appropriate to the person's physical, emotional, and social needs.

(3) The program shall work together with the client to implement a written individualized treatment plan that identifies services and supports needed to address problems and needs identified in the biopsychosocial assessment. The individualized treatment plan is maintained on a current basis for each client.

(4) The program shall make appropriate referrals when the client needs services not offered by the program.  Referrals must be documented in the client record.

(5) The program shall ensure that clients receiving prescribed medication(s), including medication for opioid use disorder, are not required to discontinue the medication as a condition for receiving services. Access to, and coordination with, qualified medical providers must be made available on-site or through referral.

History: 53-24-209, MCA; IMP, 53-24-209, MCA; TRANS, C. 208, L. 1975, Eff. 1/2/77; AMD, 1981 MAR p. 1899, Eff. 1/1/82; AMD, 1983 MAR p. 1463, Eff. 10/14/83; TRANS, from DOC, 1998 MAR p. 1502; AMD, 2022 MAR p. 1889, Eff. 9/24/22.