Minnesota Administrative Rules

9520.0780 SECONDARY LOCATIONS.

Subpart 1.

Main and satellite offices.

The center shall notify the commissioner of all center locations. If there is more than one center location, the center shall designate one as the main office and all secondary locations as satellite offices. The main office as a unit and the center as a whole shall be in compliance with part 9520.0810. The main office shall function as the center records and documentation storage area and house most administrative functions for the center. Each satellite office shall:

A.

be included as a part of the legally constituted entity;

B.

adhere to the same clinical and administrative policies and procedures as the main office;

C.

operate under the authority of the center's governing body;

D.

store all center records and the client records of terminated clients at the main office;

E.

ensure that a mental health professional is at the satellite office and competent to supervise and intervene in the clinical services provided there, whenever the satellite office is open;

F.

ensure that its multidisciplinary staff have access to and interact with main center staff for consultation, supervision, and peer review; and

G.

ensure that clients have access to all clinical services provided in the treatment of mental illness and the multidisciplinary staff of the center.

Subp. 2.

Noncompliance.

If the commissioner determines that a secondary location is not in compliance with subpart 1, it is not a satellite office. Outpatient clinical services in the treatment of mental illness delivered by the center or facility of which it is a unit shall cease at that location, or the application shall be disapproved.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 245.69

Published Electronically:

October 16, 2013