Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-10-1106

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R9-10-1106 - Personnel

A. An administrator shall ensure that:

1. The qualifications, skills, and knowledge required for each type of personnel member:

a. Are based on:

i. The type of physical health services or behavioral health services expected to be provided by the personnel member according to the established job description, and

ii. The acuity of the participants receiving physical health services or behavioral health services from the personnel member according to the established job description; and

b. Include:

i. The specific skills and knowledge necessary for the personnel member to provide the expected physical health services and behavioral health services listed in the established job description,

ii. The type and duration of education that may allow the personnel member to have acquired the specific skills and knowledge for the personnel member to provide the expected physical health services or behavioral health services listed in the established job description, and

iii. The type and duration of experience that may allow the personnel member to have acquired the specific skills and knowledge for the personnel member to provide the expected physical health services or behavioral health services listed in the established job description;

2. A personnel member's skills and knowledge are verified and documented:

a. Before the personnel member provides physical health services or behavioral health services, and

b. According to policies and procedures;

3. Sufficient personnel members are present on an adult day health care facility's premises when participants are present and have the qualifications, skills, and knowledge necessary to:

a. Provide the services in the adult day health care facility's scope of services,

b. Meet the needs of a participant, and

c. Ensure the health and safety of a participant; and

4. A personnel member, or an employee or a volunteer who has or is expected to have direct interaction with a participant for more than eight hours a week, provides evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis:

a. On or before the date the individual begins providing services at or on behalf of the adult day health care facility, and

b. As specified in R9-10-113.

B. An administrator shall ensure that a personnel member:

1. Is 18 years of age or older, and

2. Is not a participant of the adult day health care facility.

C. An administrator shall ensure that a personnel record for each personnel member, employee, volunteer, or student:

1. Includes:

a. The individual's name, date of birth, and contact telephone number;

b. The individual's starting date of employment or volunteer service and, if applicable, the ending date; and

c. Documentation of:

i. The individual's qualifications, including skills and knowledge applicable to the individual's job duties;

ii. The individual's education and experience applicable to the individual's job duties;

iii. The individual's completed orientation and in-service education as required by policies and procedures;

iv. The individual's license or certification, if the individual is required to be licensed or certified in this Article or policies and procedures;

v. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, if required for the individual according to this Article and policies and procedures;

vi. First aid training, if required for the individual according to this Article and policies and procedures; and

vii. Evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis, if required for the individual according to this Article or policies and procedures;

2. Is maintained:

a. Throughout the individual's period of providing services in or for the adult day health care facility, and

b. For at least 24 months after the last date the individual provided service in or for the adult day health care facility; and

3. For a personnel member who has not provided physical health services or behavioral health services at or for the adult day health care facility during the previous 12 months, is provided to the Department within 72 hours after the Department's request.

D. An administrator shall ensure that:

1. At least two personnel members are present on the premises whenever two or more participants are in the adult day health care facility;

2. At least one personnel member with cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first-aid certification is on the premises at all times;

3. A registered nurse manages the nursing services and provides direction for health-related services provided by the adult day health care facility; and

4. A nurse is on the premises daily to:

a. Administer medications and treatments, and

b. Monitor a participant's health status.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-1106

Adopted effective July 22, 1994 (Supp. 94-3). Section repealed; new Section made by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1409, effective 7/1/2014.