55 Pa. Code § 5230.52 - General staffing requirements
(a) A PRS agency shall staff the service
according to the following:
(1) The location
of services is consistent with the agency service description.
(2) The service may range from individual
service to group service.
(3) The
service and the choice of service locations shall be determined by the IRP of
the individual.
(b) A PRS
agency shall employ a PRS director and a psychiatric rehabilitation
specialist.
(c) When a service is
delivered in a PRS facility, a PRS facility shall have an overall complement of
one staff for every ten individuals, a (1:10) ratio.
(d) When a service is delivered, a PRS agency
shall schedule a psychiatric rehabilitation specialist or psychiatric
rehabilitation worker to be present.
(e) A PRS agency shall develop a schedule
that includes a plan to maintain staffing requirements during:
(1) Staff absence.
(2) Deployment of staff for PRS delivered in
the community.
(f) A PRS
agency shall document staffing by maintaining work schedules, time records and
utilization data.
(g) When a PRS
agency operates more than one PRS facility, the PRS director shall be present
at each licensed PRS facility an average of 7.5 hours per week in a calendar
month.
(h)
Psychiatric
rehabilitation specialist staffing ratio. A minimum of 25% of the
staff based on the number of FTE positions shall meet the qualifications of a
psychiatric rehabilitation specialist provided under §
5230.51(b) and (f)
(relating to staff qualifications), as
applicable, within 2 years of initial licensing.
(i)
CPRP certification staffing
ratio. When a PRS agency serves only individuals 18 years of age or
older, a minimum of 25% of the staff based on the number of FTE positions shall
have CPRP certification within 2 years of initial licensing.
(i.1)
CFRP certification staffing
ratio. When a PRS agency serves only individuals 14 years of age or
older but under 18 years of age, a minimum of 25% of the staff based on the
number of FTE positions shall have CFRP certification within either 2 years of
initial licensing or within 2 years of the date the PRS agency received
approval of its service description that identifies that it will be serving
individuals 14 years of age or older but under 18 years of age, whichever is
later.
(i.2)
CPRP and CFRP
certification staffing ratio. When a PRS agency serves both
individuals 18 years of age or older and individuals 14 years of age or older
but under 18 years of age, the PRS agency shall meet the certification staffing
ratios as provided under subsections (i) and (i.1).
(j) Trained staff shall be available, or
other accommodations made, to address the language needs of an individual,
including American Sign Language and Braille.
Notes
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 5230.54 (relating to group services).
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