Minnesota Administrative Rules

9533.0070 SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.

Subpart 1.

Screening required.

The certificate holder must ensure that staff who perform chemical dependency assessments screen clients for mental health disorders and staff who perform mental health diagnostic assessments screen for substance use disorders.

Subp. 2.

Protocol.

The certificate holder must adopt a written screening protocol that sets out the requirements in items A to C.

A.

The certificate holder must screen clients who are age 12 and older.

B.

Screening for co-occurring disorders is required at least annually for each client, and when staff perform a mental health diagnostic assessment or a substance use disorder assessment. Notwithstanding this requirement, screening is not required when:

(1)

the presence of co-occurring disorders was documented in the past 12 months;

(2)

the individual is currently receiving co-occurring disorders treatment; or

(3)

the individual has been referred to the certificate holder for co-occurring disorders treatment.

C.

The certificate holder must set out in the protocol the screening process it uses. The protocol must state:

(1)

which standardized screening tool approved by the commissioner will be used;

(2)

what actions the certificate holder will take to determine the client's acute intoxication and withdrawal potential according to part 9530.6622, subpart 1;

(3)

whether the screen is self-administered or part of a structured interview;

(4)

how to score client responses;

(5)

what constitutes a positive score;

(6)

what actions the certificate holder will take in response to a client's positive score; and

(7)

how the certificate holder documents the following:

(a)

the screening results;

(b)

what actions staff must take in response to the results; and

(c)

whether assessments must be performed.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 245.4863

History:

38 SR 523

Published Electronically:

November 12, 2013