Kan. Admin. Regs. § 30-47-110 - Scheduling and direct supervision
(a) Each permittee and each licensee shall
develop and implement a written schedule for professional staff members and
shall include requirements for scheduling staff members as follows:
(1) A psychiatrist or advanced practice
registered nurse shall be available 24 hours per day, seven days per
week.
(2) Nursing staff shall be
available on-site from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
(3) A qualified mental health professional
shall be available for consultation 24 hours per day, seven days per week and
on-site from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
(b) Each permittee and each licensee shall
develop and implement a written daily staff member schedule. The schedule shall
meet the required staffing ratios of direct care staff members to juveniles at
all times.
(1) The schedule shall provide for
a sufficient number of staff members on the living unit to provide direct
supervision at all times and to provide for each juvenile's physical, social,
emotional, and educational needs.
(2) The schedule shall provide for a minimum
staffing ratio of one direct care staff member for every six
juveniles.
(3) At least one direct
care staff member of the same sex as the juveniles shall be present, awake, and
available to the juveniles at all times. If both male and female juveniles are
present in the center, at least one male and one female direct care staff
member shall be present, awake, and available.
(c) At no time shall there be fewer than two
direct care staff members present on the living unit when one or more juveniles
are in care.
(d) Alternate direct
care staff members shall be provided for the relief of the scheduled direct
care staff members on a one-to-one basis and in compliance with the staffing
ratios of direct care staff members to juveniles.
(e) Only direct care staff members shall be
counted in the required staffing ratio.
(f) Policies and practice regarding direct
supervision shall provide for adequate staff and shall include the following
requirements:
(1) No juvenile shall be left
without direct supervision.
(2)
Electronic supervision shall not replace the ratio requirements.
(3) staff members shall know the location of
each juvenile at all times.
Notes
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