La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § I-6931

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

Section I-6931 - Personnel

A. Staff Composition

1. There shall be a competent staff of administrative, supervisory, and maintenance personnel sufficient in number to provide for safety and constant supervision of all children under care.

2. All personnel in direct contact with juveniles, regardless of the nature of their jobs, should be carefully selected with regard to their emotional maturity, personal qualifications suitable for working with disturbed children and youth, and special training and skills required for the position.

3. As defined in local statutes, a criminal record check shall be conducted on all new employees to ascertain whether there are criminal acts which have a specific relationship to job performance.

4. All personnel shall be required to pass a complete physical examination conducted by a licensed physician prior to employment.

a. All applicants must be found to be physically fit to perform detention duties by a licensed physician and no person shall be hired who has a communicable disease until he is free from disease.

b. Any employee found to be suffering from a communicable disease shall be temporarily relieved from duty until he provides certification form a licensed physician that he is free from the disease.

5. Staff Child Ratio

a. During waking hours there shall be a minimum ratio of one staff person per each eight children.

b. During sleeping hours there shall be a minimum ratio of one person per each 16 children.

c. The staff included in these ratios may include paid child-care and program staff, but shall not include maintenance, janitorial, clerical, food service, laundry workers, and other similar support classifications.

6. Whenever children are detained there shall be a sufficient number of employees present, awake and on duty, for the purpose of supervising the activities of children and to insure their presence and safety.

7. A female staff member shall always be on duty when and where girls are detained and shall always accompany male staff entering girls' quarters; a male staff member shall always be on duty when and where males are detained and shall always accompany female staff entering boys' quarters.

8. Each facility shall establish a regular work week for all employees.

9. No child-care or support staff shall live in the detention facility.

10. There shall be on duty at all times an adult, who, by definition of job or delegated authority, is responsible for the administration of the facility.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-6931

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. 46:51, 46:1401-1424.