Cal. Code Regs. tit. 22 § 79757
Mental health treatment programs that provide acute 24-hour mental health care shall meet the following dedicated full-time equivalent staff to census ratio only for acute inmate-patients in any 24-hour period. This staffing pattern includes all staff that is required for the treatment of acute patients. Staff required by earlier sections of this Chapter for the disciplines listed in this section may be counted toward meeting the staffing pattern required in this section for that portion of their time that is spent in caring for acute patients. The above staffing requirements in this Section for registered nurse, licensed vocational nurse or psychiatric technician shall be followed instead of the requirement of 2.5 nursing hours per patient day required for other correctional treatment center inmate-patients. That portion of the time of a psychiatric mental health nurse that is counted toward one category of the staffing requirements shall not be counted toward another category of the staffing requirements. Unlicensed custody staff, to the degree they do work that would otherwise be done by mental health workers and who meet the qualifications of mental health workers, as defined in this chapter, may be counted toward the mental health worker requirement.
| Acute Mental Health Care Census: | |||||||||||
| 1-5 | 6-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-40 | 41-50 | 51-60 | 61-70 | 71-80 | 81-90 | 91-100 | |
| Staff: Psychiatrist or Clinical Psychologist or Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Marriage, Family and Child Counselor, or Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse | .5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Registered Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse or Psychiatric Technician | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 |
| Mental Health Worker | 1.5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 25 |
| TOTALS | 5 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 28 | 33 | 39 | 44 | 50 | 55 |
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 79757
Note: Authority cited: Sections 208(a) and 1267.10(a), Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1250(j) and 1254, Health and Safety Code.