La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § I-4745

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section I-4745 - Number and Qualifications of Staff

A. A provider shall employ a sufficient number of qualified staff and delegate sufficient authority to such staff to ensure that the responsibilities the provider undertakes are carried out, and to adequately perform the following functions:

1. administrative functions;

2. fiscal functions;

3. clerical functions;

4. direct client service functions;

5. supervisory functions;

6. recordkeeping and reporting functions;

7. social service functions;

8. ancillary service functions.

B. A provider shall not knowingly hire, or continue to employ, any person whose health, educational achievement, emotional or psychological make-up impairs his/her ability to properly protect the health and safety of the clients, or is such that it would endanger the physical or psychological well-being of the clients. This requirement is not to be interpreted to exclude continued employment in other than direct service capacities of persons undergoing temporary medical or emotional problems.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-4745

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of the Secretary, Division of Licensing and Certification, LR 13:246 (April 1987).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 46:2125.