Section 0940-05-23-.09 - DAY ACTIVITY PROVISIONS FOR CLIENTS OF INSTITUTIONAL HABILITATION FACILITIES(1) The facility must ensure that day activities are provided or procured. Such day activities must be in accordance with the age level, interests, and abilities of the clients and in accordance with Individual Program Plans.(2) If the client attends a school or day program provided outside of the facility, the facility's staff must participate with the school personnel in developing an individual education plan or with the day program staff in developing an Individual Program Plan, as appropriate.(3) The facility must ensure the participation of direct-services staff in developing and implementing daily activity schedules for each client.(4) Client activity schedules must not have more than three (3) hours of dead or unscheduled time daily.(5) The facility must ensure that each multiply-handicapped and non-ambulatory client: (a) Is assisted by a direct-service staff member in spending at least three (3) hours of their waking day out of bed unless contraindicated by a physician's order;(b) Is assisted by a direct-services staff member in spending a portion of their waking day out of their bedroom area;(c) Is assisted by a direct-services staff member in an exercise period daily; and(d) Is assisted in being mobile whenever possible by the use of wheelchairs or other mobility devices.(6) The facility must ensure that each client is provided with a planned period of outdoor activity on a daily basis except during inclement weather.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-05-23-.09
Original rule filed May 26, 1988; effective July, 1988.Authority: T.C.A. § 33-2-504.