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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.21.18.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="21" chapter_num="18" heading="Evaluative Services for the Child.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Assessment. If a comprehensive developmental assessment has not been completed within the 90 days before admission, before the child's 6th visit, the therapeutic nursery staff shall assure the completion of an assessment, including, when appropriate, standardized measurement, that includes, at a minimum, an assessment of the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Social and emotional development;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Cognitive skills and deficits;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Language development;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Motor skills, fine and gross;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Self-help and adaptive skills;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Family history and evaluation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Home environment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Developmental history;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Mental status; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Medical history and needs, if any.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Diagnosis. Before the child's 6th visit, an individual qualified to diagnose under the provisions of Health Occupations Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Conduct a face-to-face evaluation of the child;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Formulate and document a diagnosis; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Document the rationale for the diagnosis.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Individual Treatment Plan (ITP).</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Treatment Team. At a minimum, the following individuals shall participate on a child's treatment team:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>At least one of the following:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The therapeutic nursery physician; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A staff psychologist or psychologist consultant;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>At least one other mental health professional;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>All therapeutic nursery staff who are involved in providing services to the child and family; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>If the therapeutic nursery is affiliated with an educational preschool program, the educational staff, as determined appropriate by the therapeutic nursery clinical director.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Plan. Before the child's 6th visit, the therapeutic nursery treatment team, working cooperatively with the child's primary caretaker and classroom teacher, shall prepare an ITP that includes:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The diagnostic formulation, as required by §B of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A description of the child's behavior that includes:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Problem list; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Asset list;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Goals and objectives stated in behavioral, measurable terms;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Treatment strategies;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Classroom interventions;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Home interventions;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>For children in Program A, that portion of an IFSP, if any, that pertains to therapeutic nursery services; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>As relevant, the information about the following from the child's parent, guardian, or primary caretaker, in consultation with appropriate health care or other service providers:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Instructions for care in an emergency;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>History of allergies, including to medication;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>History of seizures;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Medication prescribed;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Nutritional requirements, limitations, and feeding procedures; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>Essential medical or nonmedical treatments or procedures, including any advanced directives.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Signatures on the ITP. The following shall sign the ITP:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The treatment coordinator of the therapeutic nursery;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The therapeutic nursery physician, staff psychologist, or psychologist consultant;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>If the child is receiving medication, the therapeutic nursery physician;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>If the individual who signs under the provisions of §C(3)(b) of this regulation is also the treatment coordinator, at least one other mental health professional; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Following review of the ITP, the parent, guardian, or primary caretaker.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>45-Day Review. At a minimum of every 45 days:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The treatment coordinator shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Review the progress on the ITP;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Document in the child's record a description of progress toward goals and changes in goals and interventions based on the review of progress under §C(4)(a)(i) of this regulation; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Update the ITP accordingly; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A minimum of two treating mental health professionals shall sign the 45-day review.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>3-Month Review. Every 3 months, at a treatment team meeting, the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Treatment team shall review the ITP according to the process outlined in §C(4) of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Treatment coordinator shall update and sign the 3-month review; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Therapeutic nursery physician, staff psychologist, or psychologist consultant shall sign the ITP review.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Continuing Evaluation. In order to ensure that services to a child are timely and appropriate, therapeutic nursery staff shall document in the child's record:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>As outlined in the policy and procedures manual, contact notes regarding all clinically relevant face-to-face, telephone, and written contacts with or about the child, including the dates, locations, and types of contacts; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Progress summary notes, entered at least monthly, by staff members involved in the child's treatment and classroom activities, regarding progress toward treatment goals.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>