048-25 Wyo. Code R. §§ 25-23 - Staff

(a) A center may not permit a staff member to provide a service unless:

(i) The staff member possesses the necessary education, training, experience, licensure, and certifications; and

(ii) The medical director has authorized the staff member to provide the particular service.

(b) A center shall employ sufficient staff to allow for:

(i) A practitioner or RN certified in ACLS, TNCC or ATCN, and PALS to be on-site at the center at all times;

(ii) A practitioner to be on-call and immediately available by telephone or radio if there is no practitioner on-site at the center; and

(iii) An adequate number of practitioners and RNs to be available on-call to meet the emergency needs of patients in a timely manner.

(c) A center shall require all direct care center staff to submit to a Child & Adult Abuse/Neglect Central Registry Screen, through the Wyoming Department of Family Services, and a full fingerprint-based national criminal background check.

(i) If a direct care staff member is found to have previously committed abuse/neglect or a criminal offence, the center must not allow the staff member to work independently and unsupervised unless the center:

(A) Investigates the conduct at issue in a thorough manner;

(B) Determines, based on the findings of its investigation, that the direct care staff member may be allowed to have unsupervised access to patients and the center's operational systems; and

(C) Maintains documentation of its investigation and determination in the direct care staff member's subsequent personnel file.

Notes

048-25 Wyo. Code R. §§ 25-23

Adopted, Eff. 6/27/2019.