La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-5045 - Transportation
A. An HCBS provider
shall arrange for or provide transportation necessary for implementing the
client's service plan.
B. Any
vehicle owned by the agency or its employees, either contracted or staff, used
to transport client's shall be:
1. properly
licensed and inspected in accordance with state law;
2. maintained in an operational
condition;
3. operated at an
internal temperature that does not compromise the health, safety or needs of
the client.
C. The
provider shall have proof of liability insurance coverage in accordance with
state law for any vehicle owned by the agency or its employees, either
contracted or staff that are used to transport client's. The personal liability
insurance of a provider's employee, either contracted or staff, shall not be
substituted for the required vehicular insurance coverage.
D. Any staff member of the provider or other
person acting on behalf of the provider, who is operating a vehicle owned by
the agency or its employees, either contracted or staff, for the purpose of
transporting client's shall be properly licensed to operate that class of
vehicle in accordance with state law.
E. The provider shall have documentation of
successful completion of a safe driving course for each staff or contract
employee who transports client's. If the staff or contract employee does not
transport client's, such shall be clearly documented in their personnel record.
1. Employees, either contracted or staff, who
are required to transport client's as part of their assigned duties shall
successfully complete a safe driving course within 90 day's of hiring, every
three years thereafter, and within 90 day's of the provider's discovery of any
moving violation.
F.
Upon hire, and annually thereafter, the provider shall at a minimum, obtain a
drivers license status inquiry report available on-line from the State Office
of Motor Vehicles, for each employee, either contracted or directly employed,
who is required to transport client's as part of their assigned
duties.
G. The provider shall not
allow the number of persons in any vehicle used to transport client's to exceed
the number of available seats with seatbelts in the transporting
vehicle.
H. The provider shall
ascertain the nature of any need or problem of a client which might cause
difficulties during transportation. This information shall be communicated to
agency staff who will transport clients.
I. The following additional arrangements are
required for transporting non-ambulatory clients who cannot otherwise be
transferred to and from the vehicle.
1. A
ramp device to permit entry and exit of a client from the vehicle shall be
provided for vehicles.
a. A mechanical lift
may be utilized, provided that a ramp is also available in case of emergency,
unless the mechanical lift has a manual override.
2. Wheelchairs used in transit shall be
securely fastened inside the vehicle utilizing approved wheelchair
fasteners.
3. The arrangement of
the wheelchairs shall not impede access to the exit door of the
vehicle.
Notes
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