D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-6219
Each facility shall designate an administrator who is responsible for the overall management and fiscal operation of the facility. Whenever this Chapter requires that a facility undertake or perform any act or obligation, the administrator shall be responsible for the performance of such act or obligation.
The administrator or his or her designee shall be available by telephone at all times.
All staff on-duty shall know, and be able to contact, the person who is responsible for administrative supervision of the facility at any given time.
The facility shall maintain all policies and procedures required under this Chapter in a designated location that is easily accessible to staff.
There shall be at least two staff persons (excluding volunteers and staff not providing direct care and supervision of residents) present and on-duty in the facility at all times when a resident is present in the facility. Except for facilities staffed with live-in house parents, staff asleep within the facility shall not be considered on-duty.
The requirement in § 6219.5 that at least two staff persons be present and on-duty in the facility at all times shall apply even if the result of this requirement is that there are more staff present and on-duty at the facility than otherwise required by the minimum resident-to-staff ratios provided elsewhere in this section.
All facilities serving residents younger than five (5) years old shall have a minimum resident to staff ratio (excluding volunteers and staff not providing direct care and supervision of residents) of 2:1.
Emergency care facilities serving residents five (5) years old or older shall have a minimum resident to staff ratio (excluding volunteers and staff not providing direct care and supervision of residents) of 2:1 during waking hours and 3:1 during sleeping hours.
Youth shelters, runaway shelters, and youth group homes serving residents five (5) years old or older who were allegedly abused or neglected shall have a minimum resident to staff ratio (excluding volunteers and staff not providing direct care and supervision of residents) of 4:1 during waking hours.
Youth shelters, runaway shelters, and youth group homes serving residents five (5) years old or older who are on detention or commitment shall have a minimum resident to staff ratio (excluding volunteers and staff not providing direct care and supervision of residents) of 5:1 during waking hours.
Youth shelters, runaway shelters, and youth group homes serving residents five (5) years old or older shall have a minimum resident to staff ratio (excluding volunteers and staff not providing direct care and supervision of residents) of 10:1 during sleeping hours.
CFSA shall not license a facility that has a capacity of more than fifteen (15) residents. CFSA shall not place residents in a facility with a capacity of more than eight (8) residents without the express written approval of the CFSA Director, as detailed in § 6256.3.
The contracting entity shall have the sole discretion to require by contract a more restrictive ratio of residents to staff (excluding volunteers and staff not providing direct care and supervision of residents) in any particular facility housing residents with special needs.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-6219