When a resident is placed in SSP, staff must notify a staff supervisor or lead staff member as soon as possible but no later than 30 minutes after placement. Staff must document when SSP began and whether the supervisor or lead staff member was notified.
While a resident is in SSP, staff must, every 30 minutes and including sleeping hours, conduct a well-being check and assess the resident for reintegration.
All documentation must be signed by all staff overseeing SSP, including staff conducting the well-being checks and reintegration assessments, and by all staff whose notification and approval are needed under this part. Staff must document the following information at the following intervals:
at one hour in SSP:
the behavioral interventions that were tried but did not alleviate the continued need for SSP;
at two hours and three hours in SSP:
the behavioral interventions that were tried but did not alleviate the continued need for SSP;
each hour, at four hours through 15 hours in SSP:
the behavioral interventions that were tried but did not alleviate the continued need for SSP; and
In addition to the initial SSP notification under subpart 2, staff must notify the following individuals at the following intervals:
each hour, at four hours through 15 hours in SSP, the staff supervisor or a higher-level supervisor;
each hour, at 16 hours through 23 hours, a higher-level supervisor not involved in the resident's behavioral incident that resulted in SSP and the facility's chief administrator; and
at 24 hours, the higher-level supervisor; the facility's chief administrator; the resident's case manager or treatment team, placing agency, legal guardian, and family; and, as provided under subpart 6, the commissioner.
Except as provided under subpart 8, staff must receive approval to continue a resident's placement in SSP from the following individuals at the following intervals:
at one hour in SSP, a staff supervisor or lead staff member not involved in the resident's behavioral incident that resulted in SSP; and
each hour, at four hours through 23 hours, a staff supervisor or higher-level supervisor not involved in the resident's behavioral incident that resulted in SSP.
Once a resident has been in SSP for 24 hours:
A resident who has been in SSP for 24 hours must be immediately referred to a mental health professional or, if a mental health professional is unavailable, a medically licensed person. The mental health professional or medically licensed person must determine whether the resident needs additional treatment services.
Staff must document if a facility's staffing limitations do not allow for the review and approval under subpart 5.
Each quarter and annually at the end of the calendar year, a license holder must report to the commissioner the following data:
the number of residents who were placed in SSP, including demographic data disaggregated by age, race, and gender.
For each SSP incident, staff must document how many hours that a resident spends in a locked space, excluding sleeping hours and when the resident may leave without staff approval. This data must be provided in the facility's quarterly and annual reporting under item A.
L 2023 c 52 art 11 s 34
49 SR 499
December 9, 2024
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes