R523-3-5. Standards for Substance Use and Co-occurring Mental Health Disorder Screenings

  (1) A court may order a Substance Use and Mental Health Disorder Screening for a youth upon a first violation of the offenses in Section R523-3-2.

  (2) A court shall order a Substance Use and Mental Health Disorder Screening for second or subsequent violation of the offenses in Section R523-3-2.

  (3) Youth shall be screened using an instrument(s) that has been evaluated and found reliable and valid by the scientific community to determine whether youth are in need of comprehensive assessment.

  (4) Screenings shall be:

  (a) Conducted by a person that has completed all training recommended by the developer of the specific instrument being used; and

  (b) Trauma-informed developmentally appropriate, short, simple, and easy to administer and interpret by a wide variety of professionals who work with youth;

  (5) The youth shall be referred for an assessment if the screening identifies a potential substance use and/or mental health disorder.

  (6) Screenings shall not be used to determine diagnosis.

  (7) Examples of validated substance use disorder screening instruments for youth include but are not limited to the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI); the Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers (POSIT), the Personal Experience Screening Questionnaire(PESQ)and the CRAFFT Screening Tool recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics' Committee on Substance Abuse.