2016 Iowa Code
Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 225C - MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES
Section 225C.19A - Crisis stabilization programs.
225C.19A
Crisis stabilization programs.
The department shall accredit, certify, or apply standards of review to authorize the operation of crisis stabilization programs including crisis stabilization programs operating in a psychiatric medical institution for children pursuant to chapter 135H that provide children with mental health, substance abuse, and co-occurring mental health and substance abuse services. In authorizing the operation of a crisis stabilization program, the department shall apply the relevant requirements for an emergency mental health crisis services provider and system under section 225C.19. A program authorized to operate under this section is not required to be licensed under chapter 135B, 135C, or 135G, or certified under chapter 231C. The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section. The department shall accept accreditation of a crisis stabilization program by a national accrediting organization in lieu of applying the rules adopted in accordance with this section to the program.
2014 Acts, ch 1044, §1; 2015 Acts, ch 75, §1
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