Utah Admin. Code R380-80-5 - Provider Code of Conduct
(1) The provider
shall ensure that staff and volunteers are supervised, qualified, and trained
to:
(a) meet the needs of the clients as
required by rule; and
(b) follow
any applicable laws, policies, procedures, and rules.
(2) Each provider shall accurately represent
services offered, policies, and procedures to clients, guardians, prospective
clients, and the public.
(3) Each
provider shall create, maintain, and comply with applicable written policies
and safe practices that address the appropriate treatment of clients.
(4) Each provider shall protect clients from
abuse, neglect, harm, exploitation, mistreatment, fraud, and any action that
may compromise the health and safety of clients through acts or omissions and
shall instruct and encourage others to do the same.
(5) Each provider shall refrain from using or
permitting the use of corporal punishment and shall only utilize restraint as
an intervention to protect individuals from self-harm, from harming others, or
from damaging property.
(6) Each
provider serving clients under the Division of Services for People with
Disabilities shall comply with the rules on restraint as described in Rule
R539-4.
(7) Each provider shall
maintain the health and safety of clients.
(8) Each provider may not be under the
influence or use alcoholic beverages or controlled substances without medical
prescription while serving clients.
(9) Each provider serving people with
disabilities shall only use aversive procedures after review and approval of
the provider human rights committee or the Human Rights Committee as defined in
Section R539-3-4.
(10) Each provider shall provide services and
supervision that is commensurate with the skills, abilities, behaviors, and
needs of each client.
(11) Each
provider shall give each staff a copy of this rule, Provider Code of Conduct
and Client Rights as part of their initial employment.
(12) Each provider shall sign and ensure each
staff signs off on reading, understanding, and agreeing to follow this rule,
Provider Code of Conduct and Client Rights before working with
clients.
(13) Each provider shall
inform clients of each right listed in Section
R380-80-6.
(14) Each provider shall maintain a copy of
the client's rights, signed by each client or client's guardian in each client
record.
(15) Each provider shall
prominently display a poster in each facility that notifies clients of their
rights.
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