(1) Comprehensive school and community treatment (CSCT) means a comprehensive, planned course of outpatient treatment provided in the school and community to a child or adolescent with a serious emotional disturbance (SED), as defined in ARM 37.87.303. A CSCT program must be operated by a licensed mental health center with a CSCT endorsement. The criteria for a mental health center's CSCT endorsement are found in ARM 37.106.1955.

(2) Comprehensive school and community treatment is not medically necessary when, in the determination of the department, the individual is receiving substantial mental health treatment outside the comprehensive school and community treatment program.