A provider of MTS shall ensure that the MTS staff includes, at a minimum: A program director who: Is a mental health professional; Is available to provide MTS administration and supervision: If fewer than 40 individuals are receiving services, for an amount of time calculated on the basis of 1/2 hour per week for each individual who is receiving services; or If 40 or more individuals are receiving services, 20 hours per week; Is responsible for operational oversight for, at a minimum: Fulfilling the administrative requirements under COMAR 10.21.17 and the day-to-day clinical responsibilities for MTS; Recruiting, hiring, training, and supervising staff; Developing and implementing the budget; Keeping the governing body informed of, at a minimum, the program's approval status and performance; Ensuring that MTS are available to the individual, if needed, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and establishing on-call responsibilities; Ensuring continuity of care during the time that an individual is receiving MTS by evaluating caseloads and coordinating staff schedules; and Ensuring that transition services are provided; and May carry out any of the clinical and training duties of a mental health professional or other MTS staff; A psychiatrist who: Is involved, for an amount of time calculated on the basis of at least 1/4 hour per week for each individual who is receiving services, in: Consultation with MTS staff; and Evaluating and providing MTS; Ensures that MTS are provided in accordance with accepted standards of medical practice; Following a screening evaluation of an individual completed under Regulation .04B of this chapter, has an initial face-to-face contact with the individual, as required under Regulation .05A of this chapter, to: Formulate and document the psychiatric diagnosis or affirm a psychiatric diagnosis that has been entered in the individual's MTS medical record; Assess medical needs; Confirm the medical necessity of MTS; When appropriate, order MTS for the individual; and Authorize the initial ITP; Is responsible for, at a minimum, the following: Evaluating the individual, face-to-face, at least every 3 months; As required under the provisions of Regulation .05C of this chapter, participating in the development, required periodic review, and signing of an individual's ITP; Prescribing medication and providing other medication services outlined in Regulation .06A of this chapter; Providing the appropriate treatment indicated in the individual's ITP; and Supervising psychiatric residents, if any, who provide MTS, including, if duties are delegated, providing, at least monthly, a review of the status of the individuals whom the resident is treating; May delegate the following duties to a third-year or fourth-year resident of an accredited program in psychiatry: Except for the initial 3-month evaluation, the periodic evaluations required under §B(4)(a) of this regulation; Participation in the development, required periodic review, and signing of an individual's ITP, required under §B(4)(b) of this regulation; If the resident is a licensed physician, prescribing medication and providing other medication services, as provided under §B(4)(c) of this regulation; and As provided in §B(4)(d) of this regulation, providing the appropriate treatment indicated in the individual's ITP; and May not delegate: The initial psychiatric evaluation; Formulation and documentation of the psychiatric diagnosis or affirmation of a psychiatric diagnosis that has been entered in the individual's MTS medical record; or Ordering of MTS for an individual; A registered nurse who: Is licensed under the provisions of Health Occupations Article, Title 8, Annotated Code of Maryland; Participates in MTS for an amount of time calculated on the basis of at least 1 hour per week for each individual who is receiving services; and As permitted under Health Occupations Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, performs assigned duties that the nurse is credentialed and privileged to perform, including but not limited to: Medication administration and other medication services outlined in Regulation .06A of this chapter; and Health promotion and training, as outlined in Regulation .06C of this chapter; At least one social worker who: Is licensed under the provisions of Health Occupations Article, Title 19, Annotated Code of Maryland; and As permitted under Health Occupations Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, performs assigned duties the social worker is credentialed and privileged to perform, including but not limited to: Interactive therapies, as outlined in Regulation .06D of this chapter; Support, linkage, and advocacy, as outlined in Regulation .06F of this chapter; and Discharge and transition services as outlined in Regulation .07 of this chapter; and At least one mental health professional who: May include the staff identified in §§C and D of this regulation; and As permitted under Health Occupations Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, performs assigned duties that the mental health professional is credentialed and privileged to perform, including but not limited to: Conducting the screening evaluation required under Regulation .04B of this chapter and participating in the initial psychiatric evaluation required under Regulation .05A of this chapter; According to the provisions of Regulation .05C of this chapter, reviewing and signing an individual's ITP; The duties outlined in Regulations .06 and .07 of this chapter that the mental health professional is licensed or credentialed and privileged to perform; When credentialed and privileged by the program to do so, functioning as the treatment coordinator for individuals who are receiving MTS; Supervising direct service providers; and Assuring that, before the provision of MTS and, as needed, on an in-service basis, appropriate training is provided to direct service providers.