Medication Support Services. CONTRACTOR shall provide medication support services. Medication support services are services that include prescribing, administering, dispensing and monitoring psychiatric medications or biologicals that are necessary to alleviate the symptoms of mental illness. Service activities may include, but are not limited to: evaluation of need for medication; evaluation of clinical effectiveness and side effects; obtaining informed consent; instruction in the use, risks and benefits of and alternatives for medications; and collateral and plan development related to the delivery of the services and/or assessment of the patients. 2.3.3.1 Medication support services must only be provided by include psychiatric evaluations, diagnosis, consultation, prescribing of medications, case management 2.3.3.2 Understanding limited resources, priority for the delivery of medication support services will be given to the North Lake Tahoe region. 2.3.3.3 Medication support services may be provided either through direct face to face encounter with the client or through tele-psychiatry. 2.3.3.4 CONTRACTOR must adhere to all State and Federal regulations when delivering tele-psychiatry services.
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