Cal. Code Regs. tit. 9 § 1112
Mental health treatment programs that provide acute 24-hour mental health care shall meet the following dedicated full-time equivalent staff to census ratios for only acute inmate-patients in any 24-hour period. These are minimum requirements of the total numbers of persons to staff all shifts in any 24-hour period. 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 are to 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 towards 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 Title 22, Section 79547, may be counted toward the mental health worker requirement. The following chart specifies acute care staffing requirements in relation to the acute mental health care inmate-patient census.
| 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. 9, § 1112
2. Change without regulatory effect renumbering former section 792 to new section 1112 filed 8-31-95 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 95, No. 34).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 1250.1(a)(12) and 1267.10(a), Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1250(j) and 1254, Health and Safety Code.
2. Change without regulatory effect renumbering former section 792 to new section 1112 filed 8-31-95 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 95, No. 34).