Kan. Admin. Regs. § 30-22-2 - Principles to be considered in approval of application for licensing, renewal of license, or revoking of license
The following principles shall be considered in the inspection of the applying psychiatric hospital:
(a) The quality of the services offered by
the applying agency is determined by professional standards, and the selection
of the services as to kind and extent can only be determined by the governing
authority usually based upon the will of the community, the nature of the
community problems, and the depth of community resources (acting together with
the professional considerations).
(b) The applying agency shall be a growing,
developing, social organization with different stages of differentiation and
versatility dependent upon the specific local internal and community forces
acting at a given point in time.
(c) Services of the applying agency may be
offered to the mentally ill, the mentally retarded, persons under specific or
unusual stress, or handicapped persons. Services may include those listed below
offered either in an inpatient, residential setting, or an outpatient,
neighborhood, or home setting.
(1) Diagnosis,
evaluation, treatment, and restoration of mentally disordered or handicapped
persons to an optimal level of functioning.
(2) Day care, training, education, sheltered
employment necessary to improve an individual's maximum abilities leading
toward total rehabilitation.
(3)
Consultative and educational services to schools, courts, health and welfare
and social agencies, both public and private.
(4) Training for students entering the mental
health and retardation professions and continuing inservice training of mental
health and retardation professionals and adjunctive personnel.
(5) Recruitment, training, and supervision of
volunteer workers in the mental health related activities of the community.
(6) Informational activities
directed toward the general population.
(7) Research.
(8) Interventions in society purposely
directed to reduce stresses to the individual or to the community as a whole,
which stresses contribute to the incidence of mental illness or mental
retardation.
(9) Client
information and referral, counseling, follow along, protective and other social
and socio-legal services, transportation, residential and transitional centers,
and recreation services, all geared toward the handicapped individuals, their
families and the general public.
(d) The applying agency shall acknowledge the
dignity and protect the rights of all persons within its authority to direct or
regulate both personnel and clientele.
(e) The applying agency shall have an ethical
and competent staff, and the recruitment practices shall provide measures to
insure the hiring of personnel with these characteristics.
(f) The applying agency shall make provisions
to cooperate with other community agencies within the scope of its resources
and the skills of its personnel, and within its capacities to respond to the
community needs.
(g) The applying
agency shall keep accurate, current, and adequate client and administrative
records, and shall submit reports derived from such records as required by the
licensing agency to carry out these licensing procedures.
(h) The applying agency shall have written
policies and procedures covering operation of the agency, including a written
policy on how the agency is related to the statewide mental health planning
effort.
(i) The applying agency
shall provide a physical plant which is a safe and wholesome environment fit to
enhance the program.
(j) The
applying agency shall plan the program and physical plant to be accessible to
clientele in point of view of time, location, and transportation.
Notes
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