Direct service time definition

Direct service time means the time that a mental health professional, clinical trainee, mental health practitioner, or mental health behavioral aide spends face-to-face with a client and the client's family or providing covered services through telehealth as defined under section 256B.0625, subdivision 3b. Direct service time includes time in which the provider obtains a client's history, develops a client's treatment plan, records individual treatment outcomes, or provides service components of children's therapeutic services and supports. Direct service time does not include time doing work before and after providing direct services, including scheduling or maintaining clinical records.
Direct service time means the time that a mental health professional, mental health practitioner, or mental health behavioral aide spends face-to-face with a client and the client's family. Direct service time includes time in which the provider obtains a client's history or provides service components of children's therapeutic services and supports. Direct service time does not include time doing work before and after providing direct services, including scheduling, maintaining clinical records, consulting with others about the client's mental health status, preparing reports, receiving clinical supervision, and revising the client's individual treatment plan.
Direct service time means the time spent actually providing the service either in direct or telephone contact with the individual and time spent making collateral contacts.

Examples of Direct service time in a sentence

  • Direct service time is the period of time spent with or on behalf of the consumer and verified by the consumer.

  • Direct service time is the period of time spent with or on behalf of the consumer and can be verified by consumer attendance records and includes transportation time spent with consumers during daily activities.


More Definitions of Direct service time

Direct service time means the time that a mental health professional, clinical trainee,
Direct service time means the time spent by the home care aide in carrying out assigned tasks in the client’s place of residence or specific client-related services outside the place of residence in accor- dance with the plan of care; or for child protective services, for time spent in court when the home care aide has been subpoenaed to testify and up to one-half hour for up to three times per admission when the client misses a scheduled home care aide appointment as long as department procedure is followed; and may include the time spent by the home care aide documenting service provided.
Direct service time means the time that a mental health professional, mental health practitioner, or mental health behavioral aide spends face-to-face with a client and the client's family. Direct service time includes time in which the provider obtains a client's history or provides service components of children's therapeutic services and supports. Direct service time does not include time doing work before and after providing direct services, including
Direct service time means the time that a mental health professional, clinical trainee, mental health practitioner, or mental health behavioral aide spends face-to-face with a client and the client's family or providing covered telemedicine services through tehehealth as defined under section