Florida Regulations 63N-1.00921: Suicide Risk Screening – General Requirements
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(1) If further assessment is indicated by suicide risk screening administered in the facility or program, or information obtained at intake or admission or staff observations identify Suicide Risk Factors or Potential Suicide Risk, the following must take place:
(a) A Suicide Risk Alert must be entered into JJIS and the youth must be placed on Suicide Precautions and at least Constant Supervision until an Assessment of Suicide Risk is conducted.
(b) The facility superintendent, program director or designee must be notified of the youth’s Suicide Risk Factors. The facility superintendent, program director or designee is responsible for contacting the Designated Mental Health Clinician Authority or the Licensed Mental Health Professional who is to conduct or supervise the Assessment of Suicide Risk to discuss the case and refer the youth for Assessment of Suicide Risk.
(c) The facility superintendent, program director or designee and the Designated Mental Health Clinician Authority or other Licensed Mental Health Professional responsible for mental health care in the facility/program, shall confer regarding cases where the circumstances are viewed as urgent and, if it is determined that an emergency exists, shall implement procedures for emergency mental health services in accordance with Fl. Admin. Code R. 63N-1.011
(d) The youth must be placed on Suicide Precautions in the facility or program until the youth receives an Assessment of Suicide Risk or is transported for emergency mental health services.
(2) If a youth identified with Suicide Risk Factors is released, transferred or discharged from the facility or program prior to an Assessment of Suicide Risk being conducted, notification of the youth’s suicide risk status and need for Assessment of Suicide Risk must be provided as set forth in Fl. Admin. Code R. 63N-1.0097
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.
(b) The facility superintendent, program director or designee must be notified of the youth’s Suicide Risk Factors. The facility superintendent, program director or designee is responsible for contacting the Designated Mental Health Clinician Authority or the Licensed Mental Health Professional who is to conduct or supervise the Assessment of Suicide Risk to discuss the case and refer the youth for Assessment of Suicide Risk.
(c) The facility superintendent, program director or designee and the Designated Mental Health Clinician Authority or other Licensed Mental Health Professional responsible for mental health care in the facility/program, shall confer regarding cases where the circumstances are viewed as urgent and, if it is determined that an emergency exists, shall implement procedures for emergency mental health services in accordance with Fl. Admin. Code R. 63N-1.011
(d) The youth must be placed on Suicide Precautions in the facility or program until the youth receives an Assessment of Suicide Risk or is transported for emergency mental health services.
(2) If a youth identified with Suicide Risk Factors is released, transferred or discharged from the facility or program prior to an Assessment of Suicide Risk being conducted, notification of the youth’s suicide risk status and need for Assessment of Suicide Risk must be provided as set forth in Fl. Admin. Code R. 63N-1.0097
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.