Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-39-235

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 28-39-235 - Nursing services

(a) Each nursing facility for mental health shall employ or have on contract a psychiatric nurse who shall perform a monthly written evaluation of each resident's response to the mental health plan of care.

(b) A registered nurse shall perform for each resident receiving psychotropic medication an annual evaluation for tardive dyskinesia based on an industry-wide accepted test.

(c) Each nursing facility for mental health shall have a licensed nurse on duty at all times.

(d) Each facility shall have a registered nurse on duty at least eight hours a day, seven days a week.

(e) Each facility with 41 or more beds shall have an additional licensed nurse on duty during the working shift of the director of nursing.

(f) Each facility shall provide sufficient direct care staff to manage and supervise residents in accordance with each resident's mental health plan of care.

(g) Each facility shall provide sufficient support staff so that direct care staff are not required to perform cleaning, dietary and maintenance tasks to the extent that those duties interfere with the exercise of their primary direct care duties.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-39-235

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 39-932; effective May 16, 1994.