SECTION 450:50-1-2. Definitions

  The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

"Board" means the State Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

"Case management" means the application of principles and practices of linking, advocacy and referral in partnership with a consumer to support the consumer in self-sufficiency and community tenure.

"Certified Behavioral Health Case Manager I (CM I)" means any person who is certified by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) to offer behavioral health case management services as an employee of a mental health facility or drug or alcohol treatment facility that is operated by the Department or contracts with the State to provide behavioral health services.

"Certified Behavioral Health Case Manager II (CM II)" means any person who is certified by ODMHSAS to offer behavioral health case management services and behavioral health rehabilitation services (BHR) as an employee of a mental health facility or drug or alcohol treatment facility that is operated by the Department or contracts with the State to provide behavioral health services.

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

"Consumer" means an individual who is receiving or has received services (evaluation or treatment) from a facility operated or certified by ODMHSAS or with which ODMHSAS contracts and includes all persons referred to in Title 450, Chapters 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, and 24 of the Oklahoma Administrative Code as client(s) or patient(s) or resident(s) or a combination thereof.

"Department" or "ODMHSAS" means the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

"Licensed mental health professional" or "LMHP" as defined in Title 43A §1-103 (11).

"Web-Based Competency Exam" as prescribed by the Department is a competency exam certain individuals must pass to become certified as a Behavioral Health Case Manager.

"36-Months Experience" means twenty (20) or more hours work or volunteer experience per week over the course of time indicated with persons living with mental illness and/or substance abuse.

[Source: Added at 20 Ok Reg 678, eff 2-27-03 (emergency); Added at 21 Ok Reg 1088, eff 7-1-04; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1441, eff 7-1-06; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 2618, eff 7-12-07; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 2238, eff 7-11-10; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 912, eff 7-1-11; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1420, eff 7-1-13; Amended at 32 Ok Reg 2130, eff 9-15-15; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1019, eff 9-1-16]