SECTION 450:65-3-7. Discharge Planning

(a)   Discharge planning is the process of determining a consumer's continued need for treatment services and developing a plan to address the ongoing consumer's recovery needs.

(b)   The Discharge Summary documents in the treatment record the consumer's identified needs at admission, initial condition and condition of the consumer at discharge, summary of current medications, when appropriate, treatment and services provided, progress during treatment, goals reached, continuing needs, and other pertinent information including documentation of linkage to aftercare. The Discharge Summary, signed by the staff member completing the summary and dated, is identified as such in the treatment record and shall be entered in each consumer's record within fifteen (15) days of the consumer's discharge.

(c)   Compliance with 450:65-3-7 may be determined by a review of the following:

(1)   Progress notes

(2)   Discharge summaries;

(3)   Consumer records;

(4)   Interviews with staff and consumers; and

(5)   Other facility documentation.

[Source: Added at 23 Ok Reg 1628, eff 4-25-06 (emergency); Added at 24 Ok Reg 2623, eff 7-12-07; Amended at 34 Ok Reg 1824, eff 10-1-17]