Regarding crisis stabilization services, in Chapter IV on page 62 under Service Requirements, the second bullet references a psychiatric evaluation with a medication evaluation must be provided by a licensed psychiatrist; please consider adding a Family Nurse Practitioner as a provider to meet this requirement. In rural Southwest Virginia accessing psychiatrists is extremely difficult, and when referring to providers a FNP could be the provider used the day of the evaluation. If the provider used a FNP that day for the evaluation, would this meet the requirement?

On the same page (Chapter IV page 62), the seventh bullet references counseling provided by a LMHP (types) but the frequency is not included.  Is there a minimum requirement for this service?