# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 63 — Community-Based Behavioral Health Programs and Services

### Chapter 03 — Descriptions and Criteria for Programs and Services Required to Have an Accreditation-Based License

#### Regulation .08 Psychiatric Day Treatment Program (PDTP).

*COMAR 10.63.03.08*

In order to be licensed under this subtitle, a psychiatric day treatment program (PDTP) shall:

A. Provide short-term, intensive, day or evening mental health treatment and support services for individuals who do not require 24-hour care;

B. Focus on the amelioration of an individual’s acute psychiatric symptoms; and

C. Be medically supervised and staffed by a multidisciplinary treatment team that includes, at a minimum:

  (1) A psychiatrist; and

  (2) A registered nurse.