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Description	Provides specific standards for licensing of organizations and facilities that provide behavioral health, substance use and developmental disability services within a residential or inpatient setting.
State Authority	37.2-203 and 37.2-304
Federal Authority	None entered
Text of Regulation	Link to Virginia Administrative Code
Goals of Regulation	To clearly articulate adequate health, safety, care and treatment requirements to assure that individuals receive safe and protected behavioral health and developmental disability services that are appropriate to their needs and levels of functioning within a residential or inpatient setting. To clearly articulate Department procedures and actions necessary to implement regulatory requirements with the least possible cost, intrusiveness to consumers, families, and provider organizations. To provide clear and precise criteria for (a) determining mental health, developmental disability, and substance abuse program accountability and, program compliance with regulatory requirements, and (b) taking actions to enforce compliance, within a residential and inpatient setting.
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