Washington Revised Code Title 71. Behavioral Health § 71.24.648. Standards for certification or licensure of intensive behavioral health treatment facilities

(1) Clearly define clinical eligibility criteria in alignment with how “intensive behavioral health treatment facility” is defined in RCW 71.24.025;

(2) Require twenty-four hour supervision of residents;

(3) Establish staffing requirements that provide an appropriate response to the acuity of the residents, including a clinical team and a high staff to patient ratio;

(4) Establish requirements for the ability to provide services and an appropriate level of care to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The requirements must include staffing and training;

(5) Require access to regular psychosocial rehabilitation services including, but not limited to, skills training in daily living activities, social interaction, behavior management, impulse control, and self-management of medications;

(6) Establish requirements for the ability to use limited egress;

(7) Limit services to persons at least eighteen years of age; and

(8) Establish resident rights that are substantially similar to the rights of residents in long-term care facilities.