Section 449.704 - Written policies and procedures for facility; admission agreements; transfer agreements1. A facility must have written policies and procedures available to the members of the staff, residents and the public which govern all areas of services provided by the facility.2. The policies for the admission, transfer and discharge of residents must assure that: (a) Only those persons are accepted whose needs can be met by the facility directly, in cooperation with community resources or other providers of care with which it is affiliated or has contracts;(b) As changes occur in their physical or mental condition, necessitating service or care which cannot be adequately provided by the facility, residents are transferred promptly to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities or other appropriate facilities; and(c) Except in the case of an emergency, the resident, his or her next of kin, attending physician and the responsible agency, if any, are consulted in advance of the transfer or discharge of any resident, and casework services or other means are utilized to assure that adequate arrangements exist for meeting his or her needs through other resources.3. An admission agreement may not provide the licensee the right to act in behalf of the resident in legal matters or be given general power of attorney, except in the case of a person remanded to the custody of the Division.4. The written policies of the facility must set forth the rights of residents, prohibit their mistreatment or abuse, and provide for the registration and disposition of complaints without threat of discharge or other reprisal against any employee or resident.5. Every facility must have in effect a transfer agreement with one or more hospitals sufficiently close to the facility to make feasible the transfer between them of residents and their records. Any facility which does not have such an agreement in effect but has attempted in good faith to enter into such an agreement with a hospital is considered to have an agreement if it is in the public interest and essential to assuring services for eligible persons in the community.Nev. Admin. Code § 449.704
Bd. of Health, Intermediate Care Facilities Reg. §§ 3.1-3.4.1, eff. 12-5-75