Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-1268 - Transportation
Each permittee and each licensee shall ensure that all of the following requirements are met when providing transportation for residents:
(a) Each permittee and each
licensee shall implement policies and procedures for transportation of
residents, including the following:
(1)
Procedures to be followed in case of an accident, injury, or other incident as
specified in K.A.R. 28-4-1257 ;
(2)
a list of all staff members authorized to transport residents; and
(3) for each staff member authorized to
transport residents, documentation of a valid driver's license that meets the
requirements of the Kansas motor vehicle drivers' license act,
K.S.A. 8-234a et seq. and amendments
thereto.
(b) Each
permittee and each licensee shall ensure that a safety check is performed on
each transporting vehicle before being placed in service and annually. A record
of each safety check and all repairs and improvements made shall be kept on
file at the facility. When any resident is transported in a privately owned
vehicle, the vehicle shall be in safe working condition.
(c) Each vehicle used to transport any
resident shall be covered by accident and liabilityinsurance as required by the
state of Kansas.
(d) Each
transporting vehicle owned or leased by the facility shall have a first-aid
kit, which shall include disposable nonporous gloves, a cleansing agent,
scissors, bandages of assorted sizes, adhesive tape, a roll of gauze, one
package of gauze squares at least four inches by four inches in size, and one
elastic bandage.
(e) Each vehicle
used to transport any resident shall be equipped with an individual seat belt
for the driver and an individual seat belt for each passenger. The driver and
each passenger shall be secured by a seat belt when the vehicle is in
motion.
(f) The health and safety
of the residents riding in any vehicle shall be protected.
(1) All passenger doors shall be locked while
the vehicle is in motion.
(2) Order
shall be maintained at all times. The driver shall be responsible for ensuring
that the vehicle is not in motion if the behavior of the occupants prevents the
safe operation of the vehicle.
(3)
All parts of each resident's body shall remain inside the vehicle at all
times.
(4) Residents shall neither
enter nor exit the vehicle from or into a lane of traffic.
(5) When the vehicle is vacated, the driver
shall make certain that no resident is left in the vehicle.
(6) Smoking in the vehicle shall be
prohibited.
(7) Medical and
surgical consent forms and health assessment records shall be in the vehicle if
a resident is transported 60 miles or more from the facility.
(g) Each resident shall be
transported directly to the location designated by the permittee or the
licensee. No unauthorized stops shall be made along the way, except in an
emergency.
Notes
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