Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-10-905

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 36, September 6, 2024

Section R9-10-905 - 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 patients 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 outpatient surgical center's premises with the qualifications, skills, and knowledge necessary to:

a. Provide the services in the outpatient surgical center's scope of services,

b. Meet the needs of a patient, and

c. Ensure the health and safety of a patient;

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

a. On or before the date the individual begins providing services at or on behalf of the outpatient surgical center, and

b. As specified in R9-10-113;

5. A plan to provide orientation, specific to the duties of a personnel member, an employee, a volunteer, and a student is developed, documented, and implemented;

6. A personnel member completes orientation before providing physical health services or behavioral health services ;

7. An individual's orientation is documented, to include:

a. The individual's name,

b. The date of the orientation, and

c. The subject or topics covered in the orientation;

8. A plan to provide in-service education specific to the job duties of a personnel member is developed, documented, and implemented; and

9. A personnel member's in-service education is documented, to include:

a. The personnel member's name,

b. The date of the training, and

c. The subject or topics covered in the in-service education.

B. An administrator shall ensure that a personnel member:

1. Is 18 years of age or older; and

2. Is certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation within the first month of employment or volunteer service, and maintains current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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

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

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

3. Documentation of:

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

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

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

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

e. If the individual is a behavioral health technician, clinical oversight required in R9-10-115;

f. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, if required for the individual according to subsection (B); and

g. Evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis, if required for the individual according to subsection (A)(4).

D. An administrator shall ensure that personnel records are:

1. Maintained:

a. Throughout the individual's period of providing services in or for the outpatient surgical center, and

b. For at least 24 months after the last date the individual provided services in or for the outpatient surgical center; and

2. For a personnel member who has not provided physical health services or behavioral health services at or for the outpatient surgical center during the previous 12 months, provided to the Department within 72 hours after the Department's request.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-905

Adopted effective February 17, 1995 (Supp. 95-1). Section repealed; new Section made by final rulemaking at 9 A.A.R. 338, effective March 16, 2003 (Supp. 03-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 9 A.A.R. 3792, effective October 4, 2003 (Supp. 03-3). 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.