La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-6829 - Policy and Procedures
A. The
ARCP shall have written policies and procedures approved by the governing body
that, at a minimum, address the following:
1.
confidentiality and security of files;
2. publicity and marketing;
3. personnel;
4. residents rights;
5. grievance procedures;
6. residents funds;
7. emergency preparedness planning procedures
to include plans for evacuation and sheltering in place;
8. abuse and neglect;
9. incidents and accidents;
10. pre-residency screening and residency
criteria and limitations;
11.
medication management;
12. nursing
services;
13. smoking;
14. pet policy;
15. resident responsibilities;
16. record-keeping including, but limited to
the use of electronic signature authentication and identification for the
electronic signature of a resident and/or the resident's representative in
accordance with
R.S.
40:1163.1 or current law;
17. infection control measures, including but
not limited to the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), as
appropriate;
18. fall assessment
and prevention; and
19. any other
area required in accordance with memorandums issued by the department's
HSS.
B. Personnel
Policies. An ARCP shall have written personnel policies that include:
1. a plan for recruitment, screening,
orientation, ongoing training, development, supervision, and performance
evaluation of staff members;
2.
written job descriptions for each staff position;
3. policies which provide for staff, upon
offer of employment, to have a health assessment as defined by the provider and
in accordance with state Sanitary Code;
4. an employee grievance procedure;
5. abuse reporting procedures that require
all employees to report any incidents of abuse or mistreatment whether that
abuse or mistreatment is done by another staff member, a family member, a
resident or any other person;
6. a
policy to prevent discrimination;
7. a policy that addresses the prohibitive
use of social media;
8. a policy
for conducting statewide criminal background history checks; and
9. a policy for checking the Direct Service
Worker Registry and documentation of such checks.
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