# 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 .10 Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program for Minors (PRP-M).

*COMAR 10.63.03.10*

A. In order to be licensed under this subtitle, a psychiatric rehabilitation program for minors (PRP-M) shall provide community-based comprehensive rehabilitation services and supports designed to:

  (1) Promote resiliency; and

  (2) Facilitate the development or restoration of appropriate skills in an individual younger than 18 years old including but not limited to:

    (a) Self-care skills;

    (b) Social, peer, family, and teacher interactions; and

    (c) Semi-independent living skills; and

  (3) Promote successful integration into the community and the use of community resources.

B. The program shall be under the direction of a rehabilitation specialist who has a minimum of 2 years direct care experience working with youth with a serious emotional disorder and who is:

  (1) A licensed mental health professional; or

  (2) Certified by the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association and has obtained the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association Children’s Psychiatric Rehabilitation Certificate.

C. The PRP-M shall employ the rehabilitation specialist in §B of this regulation for:

  (1) At least 20 hours per week when the program serves less than 30 individuals; or

  (2) At least 40 hours per week when the program serves 30 individuals or more.