Section 81065.5 - Day Staff-Client Ratio(a) A licensee shall ensure that sufficient direct care staff are at the facility whenever clients are present. (1) There shall be at least one direct care staff person on duty, on the premises, any time clients are in the facility. (A) Any time there is only one direct care staff person on duty on the premises, another direct care staff person shall be on call and capable of responding within 30 minutes.(2) Short Term Crisis Residential Programs shall have at least two direct care staff persons on duty, on the premises, any time clients are in the facility.(3) All facilities shall employ staff and have staffing patterns and ratios as indicated on the facility certification document.(A) The facility shall notify the California Department of Health Care Services when staff qualifications, positions or staffing patterns change.(b) Whenever a client who relies upon others to perform all activities of daily living is present, the following minimum staffing requirements shall be met:(1) For Regional Center clients, staffing shall be maintained as specified by the Regional Center, but no less than one direct care staff to three such clients.(2) For all other clients, there shall be a staff-client ratio of no less than one direct care staff to three such clients.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 81065.5
1. New section, including renumbering of former section 80065(c)-(c)(3)(A) to subsections (a)-(a)(3)(A), filed 9-1-98; operative 10-1-98 (Register 98, No. 36).
2. Change without regulatory amending subsection (a)(3)(A) and amending NOTE filed 1-5-2016 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2016, No. 2). Note: Authority cited: Section 1530, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 5670 and 5671, Welfare and Institutions Code; and Sections 1501, 1502(a)(7), 1507 and 1562, Health and Safety Code.
1. New section, including renumbering of former section 80065(c)-(c)(3)(A) to subsections (a)-(a)(3)(A), filed 9-1-98; operative 10-1-98 (Register 98, No. 36).
2. Change without regulatory amending subsection (a)(3)(A) and amending Note filed 1-5-2016 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2016, No. 2).