<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.63.04.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="63" chapter_num="04" heading="Residential Crisis Services (RCS).">
  <text>In order to be licensed under this subtitle, a residential crisis services program:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Shall provide short-term mental health treatment and support services in a structured environment for individuals who require 24-hour supervision due to a psychiatric crisis;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Shall be designed to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Prevent psychiatric inpatient admission;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Shorten the length of inpatient stay;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Effectively use general hospital emergency departments; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Provide an alternative to psychiatric inpatient admission;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Shall have staff who are on-site 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, whenever an individual is on-site receiving services;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>For adults, shall meet the site requirements set out in Regulation .07 of this chapter verified through an annual site inspection conducted by the CSA or LBHA; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>For individuals younger than 21 years old, may offer services in an appropriately licensed therapeutic program, as appropriate.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>