(1) When a youth has received a Crisis Assessment and has been determined to exhibit behaviors which pose a potential safety or security risk in the facility or program, the following must occur:

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    (a) The youth must be maintained or continue to be coded as a “”Mental Health Alert,”” and Mental Health Supportive Services provided.
    (b) A youth determined through Crisis Assessment to exhibit behaviors which pose a potential safety or security risk must remain on “”Mental Health Alert”” status until a subsequent Mental Status Examination determines that the youth’s mental health Crisis is resolved and no longer poses a potential safety or security risk.
    (2) Follow-up Mental Status Examination of the youth must be conducted by a Licensed Mental Health Professional or a Mental Health Clinical Staff Person working under the direct supervision of a Licensed Mental Health Professional.
    (a) The Follow-up Mental Status Examination must be documented in the youth’s Crisis Assessment Form (MHSA 023) or a form developed by the program which contains all the information required in form MHSA 023.
    (b) The follow-up Mental Status Examination, if conducted by a non-licensed Mental Health Clinical Staff Person must be reviewed and signed as reviewer by a Licensed Mental Health Professional.
Rulemaking Authority Florida Statutes § 985.64(2). Law Implemented 985.601(3)(a), 985.14(3)(a), 985.145(1), 985.18, 985.48(4), 985.64(2) FS. History-New 3-16-14.