Summary
This rule change eliminates the staffing differentiation between Recovery Residences that have seven or more clients and those with six or fewer. In effect, this eliminates the option of client/managers and only allows non-client managers. This is in order to ensure similar services and protections for all populations and is a recommendation made from the programs themselves. This change has little potential impact since no licenses have ever been granted for a program with six or fewer clients. Thus, all licenses in the past three years have always had non-client managers. Since the license's inception in 2014, all granted licenses have had seven or more clients at each site. In addition, this rule clarifies what is expected for program staff site visits including daily contact requirements. These requirements were already in the rule, but are being merely clarified. This addition was again program driven as a minimum standard to ensure safe sober environments. The rule amendments also, for safety reasons, clarify that these settings are not be used for those actively abusing substances and that these are not clinical treatment settings. It also clarifies fire safety requirements if a fire clearance is not required by local authorities and clarifies that clients can choose to share their own food without meeting health food handler's requirements. The rule was reorganized for clarity without substantial changes in most areas.