(a) At the time of program approval, the facility shall have employed a program director who has been approved by the Department. The program director shall be on duty at least 40 hours per week and shall have the responsibility for the supervision and coordination of the special program staff and implementation of the in-service training program. The program director shall not be the supervisor of health services, charge nurse or facility administrator.

(b) The program director shall be either a social worker, an occupational therapist, a psychologist, a physician, a psychiatric technician, a registered nurse, an art therapist, a dance therapist, a music therapist or a member of another profession approved by the Department. The program director shall have the following minimum qualifications:

(c) Interdisciplinary Professional Staff. In addition to the requirement for a program director, the facility shall provide, either through direct employment or on a contractual arrangement, an interdisciplinary professional staff to develop and implement special rehabilitation programs and to provide specific expertise to the program staff and/or provide direct patient services.

(d) Program Staff. The facility shall provide a minimum of one hour of direct program staff for each six patient hours of special program services provided. Program staff shall include all persons who directly provide program services to the mentally disordered and shall not include the program director.