Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-1705 - Personnel

A. An administrator shall ensure that:

1. A personnel member is:

a. At least 21 years old, or

b. If providing behavioral health services, at least 18 years old;

2. An employee is at least 18 years old;

3. A student is at least 18 years old; and

4. A volunteer is at least 21 years old.

B. An administrator shall ensure that:

1. The qualifications, skills, and knowledge required for each type of personnel member:

a. Are based on:

i. The type of behavioral health services or physical health services expected to be provided by the personnel member according to the established job description, and

ii. The acuity of participants receiving behavioral health services or physical health services from the personnel member according to the established job description;

b. Include:

i. The specific skills and knowledge necessary for the personnel member to provide the expected physical health services and behavioral health services listed in the established job description,

ii. The type and duration of education that may allow the personnel member to have acquired the specific skills and knowledge for the personnel member to provide the expected physical health services or behavioral health services listed in the established job description, and

iii. The type and duration of experience that may allow the personnel member to have acquired the specific skills and knowledge for the personnel member to provide the expected physical health services or behavioral health services listed in the established job description;

2. A personnel member's skills and knowledge are verified and documented:

a. Before the personnel member provides physical health services or behavioral health services, and

b. According to policies and procedures;

3. Sufficient personnel members are present on a health care institution's premises with the qualifications, skills, and knowledge necessary to:

a. Provide the services in the health care institution's scope of services,

b. Meet the needs of a patient, and

c. Ensure the health and safety of a patient.

C. An administrator shall ensure that:

1. A plan to provide orientation specific to the duties of a personnel member, employee, volunteer, and student is developed, documented, and implemented;

2. A personnel member completes orientation before providing behavioral health services or physical health services;

3. An individual's orientation is documented, to include:

a. The individual's name,

b. The date of the orientation, and

c. The subject or topics covered in the orientation;

4. A plan to provide in-service education specific to the duties of a personnel member is developed;

5. A personnel member's in-service education is documented, to include:

a. The personnel member's name,

b. The date of the training, and

c. The subject or topics covered in the training; and

6. A work schedule of each personnel member is developed and maintained at the health care institution for at least 12 months after the date of the work schedule.

D. An administrator shall ensure that a personnel member, or an employee, a volunteer, or a student who has or is expected to have direct interaction with a patient, provides evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis:

a. On or before the date the individual begins providing services at or on behalf of the unclassified healthcare institution, and

b. As specified in R9-10-113.

E. An administrator shall ensure that a personnel record is maintained for each personnel member, employee, volunteer, or student that includes:

1. The individual's name, date of birth, and contact telephone number;

2. The individual's starting date of employment or volunteer service and, if applicable, the ending date; and

3. Documentation of:

a. The individual's qualifications including skills and knowledge applicable to the individual's job duties;

b. The individual's education and experience applicable to the individual's job duties;

c. The individual's completed orientation and in-service education as required by policies and procedures;

d. The individual's license or certification, if the individual is required to be licensed or certified in this Article or policies and procedures;

e. If the health care institution provides serves to children, the individual's compliance with the fingerprinting requirements in A.R.S. § 36-425.03;

f. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, if required for the individual according to R9-10-1702(C)(2)(1) ;

g. First aid training, if required for the individual according to this Article or policies and procedures; and

h. Evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis, if the individual is required to provide evidence of freedom according to subsection (D).

F. An administrator shall ensure that personnel records are:

1. Maintained:

a. Throughout an individual's period of providing services in or for the health care institution, and

b. For at least 24 months after the last date the individual provided services in or for the health care institution; and

2. For a personnel member who has not provided physical health services or behavioral health services at or for the health care institution during the previous 12 months, provided to the Department within 72 hours after the Department's request.

G. An administrator shall ensure that at least one personnel member who is present at the health care institution during the hours of the health care institution operation has first-aid training and cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification specific to the populations served by the health care institution.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-1705

Adopted effective July 6, 1994 (Supp. 94-3). Section repealed; new Section made by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1409, effective 7/1/2014. Amended by final expedited rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 3041, effective 11/3/2020.