D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B3513

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Rule 22-B3513 - RESIDENCE DIRECTOR

3513.1

A Residence Director shall have the following qualifications:

(a) He or she shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of age;

(b) He or she shall be certified annually by a physician as being in good physical and mental condition, and be free of communicable diseases (unless he or she is under a physician's care for and in compliance with treatment for the prevention of the communicable disease);

(c) He or she shall hold at least:

1) a bachelor's degree in a behavioral science;

2) an associate's degree and at least two (2) years of full-time experience working with person's with an intellectual disability; or

3) four years of full-time experience working in a licensed home with persons with an intellectual disability; and

(d) He or she shall take at least twelve (12) hours of documented training annually related to the management of CRFPIDs and the support of persons with intellectual disabilities.

3513.2

The CRFPID shall inform the Department and any person residing in the home at least thirty (30) days in advance whenever there is a change in the Residence Director, except that such thirty (30) day notice period shall not apply in the event a Residence Director resigns or is terminated with less than thirty (30) days' notice, in which case the Department and any person in the home shall receive notice within twenty-four (24) hours or the next business day or whenever practicable.

3513.3

The Residence Director shall be responsible for the administrative direction of the CRFPID and its services.

3513.4

The Residence Director may deliver direct care to persons no more than fifty (50) percent of his or her time in the home.

3513.5

The Residence Director shall not be employed outside the CRFPID in any position that will create a conflict of interest with his or her responsibilities as a Residence Director.

3513.6

If a Residence Director will be absent from any CRFPID for longer than two (2) weeks he or she shall designate a person to act as Residence Director who shall be qualified in accordance with the requirements in this chapter for a Residence Director.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B3513

Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 3280, 3294 (May 8, 1992); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 4282 (4/23/2021)