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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 10.21.21.10" title_num="10" subtitle_num="21" chapter_num="21" heading="Staff Qualifications and Responsibilities.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Program Director. The program director:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall have sufficient qualifications, knowledge, and experience to execute the duties of the position;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Shall be knowledgeable of the regulations applicable to the program;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Shall be responsible for administrative oversight of the PRP including, at a minimum:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Fulfilling the administrative requirements under COMAR 10.21.17;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Fulfilling the programmatic requirements of this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Keeping the advisory committee, or governing body, whichever is applicable, informed of, at a minimum, the program's approval status and performance;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Quality management; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Ensuring the development of a staffing plan that identifies the type and number of staff needed to provide a program of rehabilitation and recovery services for individuals with serious mental illness; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>May be responsible for the duties of the psychiatric rehabilitation specialist under §B of this regulation as specified in Regulation .11B — D of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Psychiatric Rehabilitation Specialist. The program director shall employ at least one psychiatric rehabilitation specialist who:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is either a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Licensed mental health professional;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Rehabilitation counselor who is currently certified by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Bachelor's prepared certified psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner currently certified by the U.S. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Develops and assures that rehabilitation services meet the needs of the individuals served by the program;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Oversees the daily program of rehabilitation services; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Educates direct care staff on how to provide rehabilitation services that correlate to the goals identified in the individual's IRP or ITRP.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Psychiatric Rehabilitation Direct Care Staff. The program shall employ psychiatric rehabilitation direct care staff who:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Have 40 hours of PRP training before independently providing PRP services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Have, at a minimum, a high school diploma or equivalency diploma; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Are responsible for implementing the rehabilitation activities outlined in the individual's IRP.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>