Rule 290-9-37-.13 - Services(1) Each Community Living Arrangement shall provide room, meals, and services that are commensurate with the needs of the residents. Services shall be provided by appropriately qualified staff members designated by the Community Living Arrangement administrator. Intensity of services required by each resident shall be noted in the individual services plan for each resident.(2) The Community Living Arrangement shall ensure that each resident has either an individual service plan or a course of action written by an appropriate licensed health care professional that specifies the medical, physical, behavioral, and social needs of the resident and the services, supports, care, or treatment that the resident will receive from the Community Living Arrangement. The individual service plan or course of action shall contain at least the following information: (a) Identified areas of life in which the resident requires services, supports, care, or treatment;(b) Goals, outcomes, or what is expected to be achieved through the services, supports, care, or treatment;(c) Objectives or what the resident will do to achieve the goal;(d) Interventions or what services, supports, care, or treatment will be carried out by staff to achieve the goal, including the name or title of staff responsible for the intervention and the frequency of the intervention; and(e) Indicators that will signify the need for decrease or increase in intensity of services. The individual service plan shall reflect the preferences of the resident as well as perspectives from those individuals or agencies participating in the services, supports, care, or treatment of the resident. The ISP shall reflect both formal (paid) and informal services, supports, care, or treatment, as appropriate.(3) Personal hygiene assistance shall be given to those residents who are unable to keep themselves neat and clean.(4) The Community Living Arrangement administrator or his or her designee shall teach each resident the techniques of "Standard Precautions," as appropriate to the resident's ability, or shall support each resident in the performance of the techniques of "Standard Precautions," including washing his or her hands thoroughly after toileting, sneezing, or any other activity during which the resident's hands may become contaminated.(5) Each Community Living Arrangement shall offer a range of social, recreational, and educational activities as required to meet the needs and preferences of each resident.(6) The routine of the residence shall be such that a resident may spend the majority of his or her non-sleeping hours out of the bedroom if he or she so chooses.(7) A residence shall not restrict a resident's free access to common areas of the residence or to the resident's own bedroom unless the rationale for not meeting this requirement is documented in the individual service plan of the resident, which justifies that exceptions are based on the needs of the resident.(8) The Community Living Arrangement administrator or his or her designee shall be available to any person within the Community Living Arrangement, including each resident, in the event of an emergency.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 290-9-37-.13
O.C.G.A. Secs. 31-7-1et seq., 37-1-22.
Original Rule entitled "Services" adopted. F. Oct. 24, 2002; eff. Nov. 13, 2002.