36-2023

36-2023. Rules

A. The department shall adopt and enforce rules to establish standards for approved
public and private treatment facilities that must be met for a treatment facility to be
approved. The department periodically shall inspect approved facilities at reasonable
times and in a reasonable manner. Each approved public and private treatment facility
shall file with the department on request information the department requires pursuant to
rule. The department shall remove from the list of approved treatment facilities an
approved facility that without good cause fails to furnish information as requested or
that files fraudulent information.

B. The department in compliance with subsection A shall adopt and may amend or
repeal rules for the acceptance of persons into a treatment program, in light of the
available treatment resources and facilities, with a view to the early and effective
provision of evaluation and treatment for alcoholics and intoxicated persons. In
establishing the rules, the department shall be guided by the following standards:

1. An intoxicated person or person incapacitated by alcohol, who voluntarily seeks
treatment or who is transported to an approved facility by a peace officer or other
person, shall be initially brought to and evaluated at a local alcoholism reception
center.

2. A person shall receive an initial evaluation.

3. A patient shall be initially assigned or transferred to outpatient treatment or
intermediate treatment, unless the person is found to require inpatient treatment.

4. A person shall not be denied treatment solely because the person has withdrawn
from treatment against medical advice on a prior occasion or because the person has
relapsed after earlier treatment.

5. An individualized treatment plan shall be prepared and maintained on a current
basis for each patient.

6. Provision shall be made for a continuum of coordinated treatment services, so
that a person who leaves the facility or another form of treatment will have available
and use other appropriate treatment.

C. The department shall:

1. Enlist the assistance of all public and private agencies, organizations and
individuals engaged in the prevention of alcoholism and treatment of alcoholics and
intoxicated persons at approved public and private facilities.

2. Cooperate with the state department of corrections in establishing and
conducting programs to provide treatment for alcoholics in penal institutions and
alcoholics on parole or community supervision from penal institutions at approved public
and private facilities.

3. Cooperate with the department of education, schools, police departments, courts
and other public and private agencies, organizations and individuals in establishing
programs for the prevention of alcoholism and treatment of alcoholics and intoxicated
persons and in preparing curriculum materials for use at all levels of school education.

4. Specify a uniform method for keeping statistical information by approved public
and private treatment facilities and collect and make available relevant statistical
information including the number of persons treated, frequency of admission, and
readmission and frequency and duration of treatment.

5. Cooperate with the department of transportation in establishing and conducting
programs designed to deal with the problem of persons operating motor vehicles while
intoxicated.

6. Prepare an annual report on drug abuse treatment programs in this state that
receive funds from the department to be submitted by January 1 of each year to the
governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and
to be made available to the general public through the Arizona drug and gang prevention
resource center. The report shall include:

(a) The name and location of each program.

(b) The amount and sources of funding for each program.

(d) A description of the demographic characteristics of the client population
served by each program including age groups, gender and ethnicity.

(e) A description of client problems addressed by the programs including the types
of substances abused.

(f) A summary of the numbers and types of services available and provided during
the preceding fiscal year.

(g) An evaluation of the results achieved by the programs.