6 Colo. Code Regs. § 1011-1-22-8

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024

Section 6 CCR 1011-1-22-8 - NURSING AND OTHER PERSONNEL

8.1 Staffing

(A) Each facility shall be staffed with an appropriate number of professional and ancillary personnel whose education, training and experience is commensurate with assigned duties and responsibilities.

(B) There shall be sufficient registered nurses and auxiliary nursing personnel on duty to meet the total nursing needs of the clients.

(C) Nurses and other personnel shall perform their duties in accordance with their scope of practice.

8.2 Personnel files shall be maintained on the premises for all personnel which contain at minimum:

(A) evidence of current licensure or certification.

(B) signed contracts for contracted employees.

8.3 The facility shall develop and implement written policies and procedures regarding:

(A) the conditions of employment, orientation and management of employees.

(B) evaluation of skills for non-credentialed staff.

(C) employee health to protect clients from being exposed to communicable disease. The policy shall:

(1) address pre-employment health requirements, if any.

(2) identify which communicable diseases render an employee ineligible for duty and the process for restoring eligibility for duty.

(3) provide that staff exposed to blood shall have full immunization against hepatitis B or documentation of refusal.

8.4 The facility shall require all persons, including students, who examine, observe, or treat clients to wear identification stating, at minimum, the person's name and credentials.

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