Section 0940-05-22-.05 - PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND EVALUATION FACILITIES(1) Professional staff must be provided who are capable of performing assessments and who are duly licensed, eligible for licensure, or duly certified to practice their profession in the State of Tennessee. The duties assigned in the performance of diagnosis and evaluation services must be commensurate with the level of competence, training and experience of the staff so assigned.(2) Each employee must be provided with an initial orientation upon employment and with an annual inservice training activity which must be commensurate with the assigned duties of each employee.(3) Employees with seriously infectious diseases must not be permitted contact with clients.(4) Each employee must have a tuberculosis test or screening at the time of employment and thereafter as required by the current guidelines of the Tennessee Department of Health.(5) The facility must be sufficiently staffed to the extent that the facility is not dependent upon volunteers or clients in the delivery of services.(6) The facility must be sufficiently staffed to the extent that assistance is available from another staff member in the event of an emergency.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-05-22-.05
Original rule filed May 26, 1988; effective July 11, 1988.Authority: T.C.A. § 33-2-504.