Section 0940-05-19-.03 - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR CLIENTS OF SUPPORTIVE LIVING FACILITIES(1) Utilizing community resources, the facility must make arrangements for qualified dental, medical, nursing and pharmaceutical care for clients of the facility including care for emergencies on a twenty-four (24) hours per day and seven (7) days per week basis; and allow clients or their families to have the option of choosing a personal professional for routine services.(2) The facility must provide or procure for each client a physical examination, which includes routine screening and special studies as determined by the examining physician, within thirty (30) days of admission unless the client has had a physical examination within ninety (90) days prior to admission. Subsequent physical examinations must be provided or procured as determined by the client's examining physician. The documentation of required physical examinations must be provided in the client's record and must include exact name of the examining physician, clinic, or hospital.(3) In consultation with the client, the facility must refer each mentally ill client for on-going mental health services and assist the client in keeping appointments and participating in treatment programs. Documentation of such referrals must be made in the client's record.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-05-19-.03
Original rule filed May 26, 1988; effective July 11, 1988.Authority: T.C.A. § 33-2-504.