Section 449.435 - Dietary services: General requirementsA psychiatric residential treatment facility shall:
1. Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets the daily nutritional and dietary needs of the resident.2. Ensure that the menu for a resident meets the nutritional needs of the resident in accordance with: (a) Recognized dietary practices; and(b) The orders of the practitioners responsible for the care of the resident.3. Ensure that not fewer than three meals are served daily to residents and not more than 15 hours elapse between the evening meal and breakfast served the following day.4. Ensure that nourishment is provided between meals as required by diet prescription and is available to each resident unless otherwise ordered by the physician of the resident.5. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, ensure that menus are followed. A meal may vary from the planned menu if the change is noted in writing in the records maintained by the dietary service.6. Ensure that persons who are responsible for therapeutic diets have sufficient knowledge of food values to make appropriate substitutions when necessary.Nev. Admin. Code § 449.435
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R046-14, eff. 10/24/2014