§ 175.20. Day treatment programs--Definition--Required programs and policies
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 10. Children
10 Okl.St.Ann. § 175.20
§ 175.20. Day treatment programs--Definition--Required programs and policies
A. As used in Sections 603.4 and 7102 of this title and the Oklahoma Children's Code, “day treatment program” means nonresidential, partial hospitalization programs, day treatment programs, and day hospital programs in which children and adolescents are placed for psychiatric or psychological treatment. Day treatment programs shall serve children and adolescents who are experiencing severe psychiatric symptoms, disturbances of conduct, decompensating conditions affecting mental health, or severe developmental delays that seriously impair their capacity to function age-appropriately in their daily lives and that place them at risk of inpatient hospital, residential or other institutional care. Day treatment programs shall provide mental health ambulatory, active treatment programs that shall include therapeutic, coordinated and structured clinical services in a stable, therapeutic milieu, with the goal of preventing the need for or reducing the length of inpatient or institutional care, and reintegrating of the child into the school and the community. A day treatment program shall not mean an alternative school or alternative education program as such terms are defined in rules promulgated by the State Board of Education.
Credits
Laws 1995, c. 231, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 2001, c. 415, § 1, emerg. eff. June 5, 2001.
10 Okl. St. Ann. § 175.20, OK ST T. 10 § 175.20
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 106 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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