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Ohio Sup.R. 7.23
Treatment and Rehabilitation (Specialized Docket Standard 4)
(A) Prompt access
A specialized docket shall provide prompt access to a continuum of approved treatment
and other rehabilitation services.
(B) Placement in treatment services
Specialized docket participants shall be placed as soon as possible in appropriate treatment
services and programs.
(C) Screenings and assessments
All screenings and assessments for treatment determinations shall be provided by programs
or persons appropriately licensed and trained to deliver such services according to the
standards of the profession.
(D) Licensing and training
All required treatment and programming shall be provided by programs or persons
appropriately licensed and trained to deliver such services according to the standards of
their profession.
(E) Treatment and services
(1) Coordinated treatment and other rehabilitative services shall meet the
individualized needs of each specialized docket participant and incorporate
evidence-based strategies for the participant population being served by the docket.
Treatment and services shall be trauma informed, gender-responsive, and culturally
appropriate and shall effectively address co-occurring disorders. Whenever
possible, service providers should have separate tracks for specialized docket
participants.
(2) Medication assisted treatment services shall be provided in a form and manner that
adhere to “The Supreme Court of Ohio’s Principles for the Use of Medication
Assisted Treatment (MAT) in Specialized Dockets.”
(3) Treatment and services should be comprehensive and family-centered, meeting the
assessed needs of the participant in the context of family relationships.
(F) Ancillary services
A full continuum of complementary treatment and social services should be provided for
conditions that are likely to interfere with a specialized docket participant’s compliance
with docket requirements, increase criminal recidivism, or diminish treatment gains and
long term rehabilitation, including all of the following:
(1) Education;
(2) V ocational training;
(3) Employment;
(4) Transportation;
(5) Housing;
(6) Domestic violence programming;
(7) Physical, mental, and dental health;
(8) Parenting;
(9) Language Services pursuant to Sup.R. 9.11.
History
Effective Date: January 1, 2013 Amended: January 1, 2021; July 10, 2025 Commentary (July 1, 2026) Appendix I, Standard 4 was renumbered to Rule 7.23 as part of the 2026 restructuring of the Rules of Superintendence.
Provenance
- Source
- supremecourt.ohio.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-14
- Edition
- 2026-09-14
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