Section 0940-05-25-.03 - PERSONNEL AND STAFFING REQUIREMENTS FOR BOARDING HOME FACILITIES(1) The facility must provide one (1) direct services staff member for each ten (10) clients present in the facility.(2) Clients are never to be left unattended in the facility.(3) Each employee must have a tuberculosis skin test within thirty (30) days of employment and thereafter as required by the current guidelines of the Tennessee Department of Health.(4) The facility must ensure that employees practice infection control procedures that will protect clients from infectious diseases.(5) Employees must be provided with a basic orientation in the proper management of individuals with seizure disorders prior to being assigned to work with individuals with such disorders.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-05-25-.03
Original rule filed May 26, 1988; effective July 11, 1988.Authority: T.C.A. § 33-2-504.