Section 4-7 - ASAM Continued Stay, Transfer and Discharge Criteria (a) Continued Stay. The following criteria per ASAM Dimensions shall be utilized to determine if the client should remain in the current level of care. - (i) Client is making progress toward stated treatment goals.
- (ii) Client has not yet achieved goals articulated in the individualized treatment plan.
- (iii) Client has the capacity to resolve his or her problems.
- (iv) Client is actively working toward the goals articulated in the individualized treatment plan.
- (v) New problems have been identified that are appropriately treated at the present level of care.
(b) Discharge/Transfer Criteria: The following criteria per ASAM Dimensions shall be utilized to determine if the client should be transferred or discharged from the current level of treatment. - (i) Client has achieved the goals articulated in his or her individualized treatment plan, thus resolving the problem(s) that justified admission to the present level of care.
- (ii) Client has been unable to resolve the problem(s) despite amendments to the individualized treatment plan.
- (iii) Client has demonstrated a lack of capacity to resolve his or her problem(s).
- (iv) Treatment at another level of care or type of service therefore is indicated.
- (v) Client has experienced an intensification of his or her problem(s), or has developed a new problem(s) and can be treated effectively only at a more intensive level of care.