(b) maintain a validated criminogenic screen or risk assessment for each justice-involved client which is conducted with an accepted tool, including:(i) Level of Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R);
(ii) Risk and Needs Triage (RANT);
(iii) Ohio Risk Assessment System (ORAS): or
(iv) any other screen that the provider can demonstrate the validation to the OSUMH:
(c) separate clients into treatment groups according to each client's assessed level of risk;
(d) complete screenings that assess substance abuse and mental health comorbidity; and
(e) treat, or refer to another licensed department program that serves justice-involved clients to treat, an array of disorders noted in the screening.
R501-21-6. Domestic Violence Programs.
(1) A domestic violence (DV) treatment provider shall comply with generally accepted and current practices in DV treatment.
(2) A DV treatment provider shall:
(a) maintain and document cooperative working relationships with any DV shelter, treatment program, referring agency, local DV coalition, and custodial parent when the client is a minor;
(b) offer at least ten sessions of treatment for any child or victim, not including intake or orientation;
(c) if the client is a perpetrator, contact any victim, current partner, or required criminal justice referring agency; and
(d) ensure a licensed mental health therapist, as defined in Section 58-60-102, completes a DV treatment evaluation for each client who is a perpetrator that includes individualized recommendations for that client's treatment.
(3) For groups, a provider shall ensure there is at least one staff for:
(a) there is at least one staff for every eight clients in an adult treatment group for up to an hour;
(b) every ten clients in an adult treatment group exceeding one hour;
(c) every eight children in a child victim or child witness group where each child client is under 12 years old; and
(d) every ten children in a child victim or child witness group where each child client is at least 12 years old.
(4) For client safety, the provider shall:
(a) ensure that:
(i) when a client enters a DV treatment program, the staff conduct an in-depth, face-to-face interview and intake assessment to determine the client's clinical profile and treatment needs; and
(ii) when the client is a perpetrator, the evaluation described in Subsection (2)(d) counts for this intake assessment;
(b) obtain additional information for any client who is a perpetrator from any police incident report, criminal history of the client, prior treatment provider, victim, or victim advocate;
(c) when appropriate, obtain additional information for a child client from any parent, prior treatment provider, school, or the Division of Child and Family Services Child Protective Services;
(d) when any document listed in Subsections (4)(a) through (c) cannot be obtained, document the reason; and
(e) ensure that the intake assessment or evaluation described in Subsection (2)(d) includes:
(i) a profile of the frequency, severity, and duration of the DV behavior, including a summary of any psychological violence;
(ii) documentation of any homicidal, suicidal ideation and intentions, or abusive behavior toward children;
(iii) a clinical diagnosis and a referral for evaluation to determine the need for medication, if indicated;
(iv) documentation of safety planning when:
(A) the client is an adult victim, child victim, or child witness; and
(B) that client has contact with the perpetrator;
(v) documentation of a safety plan for any victim who chooses not to become a treatment client; and
(vi) documentation that appropriate measures have been taken to protect children from harm.
(5) For treatment procedures, a provider shall:
(a) create an individualized treatment plan addressing relevant treatment issues for each client;
(b) refer each client deemed not appropriate for a DV program to the appropriate resource or program, with any reason for referral documented, and notify the referred agency;
(c) provide DV counseling concurrently with, or after, other necessary treatment when appropriate;
(d) ensure that any client who is a perpetrator, or a co-perpetrator, is not provided conjoint or group therapy in the same session as any victim who has experienced violence from the perpetrator or co-perpetrator until staff has completed a comprehensive assessment to determine that:
(i) any violence between the client who is a perpetrator, or a co-perpetrator, and the victim has stopped; and
(ii) conjoint therapy is appropriate;
(e) require the client who is a perpetrator to complete at least four DV treatment sessions, unless otherwise noted in the evaluation recommendations described in Subsection (2)(d), before the provider implements conjoint therapy;
(f) implement written procedure in an efficient and timely manner to facilitate any:
(i) entry of a court-ordered defendant into treatment as a client;
(ii) notification of client compliance, participation, or completion;
(iii) disposition of a non-compliant client;