Section 250.2830  Classification and Definitions of Service and Programs

a)         Emergency Service and/or Detoxication, shall mean a type service designed to provide immediate and short term emergency care to the acutely intoxicated person.

            The service shall be provided by all hospitals or arranged through the Community or Areawide Emergency Service Plans.

b)         An Inpatient Alcoholism Rehabilitation Program shall mean a program which provides diagnostic and intensive rehabilitation services, including individual and group counseling, on a short-term inpatient basis.

c)         An Alcoholism Outpatient Program shall mean a program which provides diagnostic and primary alcoholism treatment services, on a scheduled or nonscheduled basis, to alcoholic persons and their families whose physical and emotional status allows them to function in their usual environments.

d)         An Alcoholism Aftercare Program shall mean a program which provides care to a patient who has progressed sufficiently to leave an inpatient, or outpatient program, and who may benefit from continued contact which will support and increase the gains made to date in the treatment process. All alcoholism treatment programs shall have an After Care Program in association with them.

e)         An Alcoholism Outreach Program shall mean a program which provides for identification of individuals in need of services, advises such individuals and their families of available services, locates services, and provides a method by which persons may enter and accept services. The program alerts human service agencies to the importance of early identification and easy access to services for the target population.

(Source:  Added at 4 Ill. Reg. 25, p. 138, effective June 6, 1980)