Section 0940-05-51-.05 - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR SERVICE RECIPIENTS(1) The facility shall make arrangements for qualified dental, medical, nursing and pharmaceutical care for service recipients of the facility including care for emergencies on twenty-four (24) hours per day and seven (7) days per week basis; and allow service recipients or their families to have the option of choosing a personal professional for routine services. Such services may be provided directly by the facility or indirectly by referral to other service providers.(2) The facility shall provide or procure for each service recipient a physical examination, which includes routine screening and special studies as determined by the examining physician, within thirty (30) days of admission unless the service recipient has had a physical examination within ninety (90) days prior to admission. Subsequently physical examinations shall be provided or procured as determined by the service recipient's examining physician. The documentation of required physical examinations shall be provided in the service recipient's record and shall include exact name of the examining physician, clinic, or hospital.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-05-51-.05
Original rule filed November 9, 2009; effective February 7, 2010.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-4-103;4-5-204; 33-1-302; 33-1-305; 33-1-309; 33-2-301; 33-2-403; and 33-2-404.