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STAFFING STANDARDS - STAFF

STAFFING STANDARDS

STAFFING STANDARDS - STAFF(2) STAFF. (a) Within 30 days after beginning employment, newly hired staff must submit a written statement from a health care provider documenting that the individual does not have any signs or symptoms of communicable disease. The examination performed by the health care provider must have been conducted no earlier than 6 months before submission of the statement. Newly hired staff does not include an employee transferring without a break in service from one facility to another when the facility is under the same management or ownership. 1. Evidence of a negative tuberculosis examination must be documented on an annual basis. Documentation provided by the Florida Department of Health or a licensed health care provider certifying that there is a shortage of tuberculosis testing materials satisfies the annual tuberculosis examination requirement. An individual with a positive tuberculosis test must submit a health care provider's statement that the individual does not constitute a risk of communicating tuberculosis. 2. If any staff member has, or is suspected of having, a communicable disease, such individual must be immediately removed from duties until a written statement is submitted from a health care provider indicating that the individual does not constitute a risk of transmitting a communicable disease. (b) Staff must be qualified to perform their assigned duties consistent with their level of education, training, preparation, and experience. Staff providing services requiring licensing or certification must be appropriately licensed or certified. All staff must exercise their responsibilities, consistent with their qualifications, to observe residents, to document observations on the appropriate resident's record, and to report the observations to the resident's health care provider in accordance with this rule chapter. (c) All staff must comply with the training requirements of rule 59A-36.011, F.A.C. (d) An assisted living facility contracting to provide services to residents must ensure that individuals providing services are qualified to perform their assigned duties in accordance with this rule chapter. The contract between the facility and the staffing agency or contractor must specifically describe the services the staffing agency or contractor will provide to residents. (e) For facilities with a licensed capacity of 17 or more residents, the facility must: 1. Develop a written job description for each staff position and provide a copy of the job description to each staff member; and, 2. Maintain time sheets for all staff. (f) Level 2 background screening must be conducted for staff, including staff contracted by the facility to provide services to residents, pursuant to sections 408.809 and 429.174, F.S.

Corrected Mar 8, 2021

Originally licensed

First Florida AHCA license date on record for this community. Later inspections and fines appear above as newer events.

ADMISSIONS - HEALTH ASSESSMENT

ADMISSIONS

ADMISSIONS - HEALTH ASSESSMENT(2) HEALTH ASSESSMENT. As part of the admission criteria, an individual must undergo a face-to-face medical examination completed by a health care provider as specified in either paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection. (a) A medical examination completed within 60 calendar days before to the individual's admission to a facility pursuant to Section 429.26(4), F.S. The examination must address the following: 1. The physical and mental status of the resident, including the identification of any health-related problems and functional limitations; 2. An evaluation of whether the individual will require supervision or assistance with the activities of daily living; 3. Any nursing or therapy services required by the individual; 4. Any special diet required by the individual; 5. A list of current medications prescribed, and whether the individual will require any assistance with the administration of medication; 6. Whether the individual has signs or symptoms of Tuberculosis, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Scabies or any other communicable disease, which are likely to be transmitted to other residents or staff; 7. A statement on the day of the examination that, in the opinion of the examining health care provider, the individual's needs can be met in an assisted living facility; and 8. The date of the examination, and the name, signature, address, telephone number, and license number of the examining health care provider. The medical examination may be conducted by a health care provider licensed under Chapter 458, 459 or 464, F.S. (b) A medical examination completed after the resident's admission to the facility within 30 calendar days of the admission date. The examination must be recorded on AHCA Form 1823, Resident Health Assessment for Assisted Living Facilities, October 2010. The form is hereby incorporated by reference. AHCA Form 1823 may be obtained http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-04006. Faxed or electronic copies of the completed form are acceptable. The form must be completed as instructed. 1. Items on the form that may have been omitted by the health care provider during the examination do not necessarily require an additional face-to-face examination for completion. The facility may obtain the omitted information either orally or in writing from the health care provider. 2. Omitted information must be documented in the resident's record. Information received orally must include the name of the health care provider, the name of the facility staff recording the information, and the date the information was provided. 3. Electronic documentation may be used in place of completing the section on AHCA Form 1823 referencing Services Offered or Arranged by the Facility for the Resident. The electronic documentation must include all of the elements described in this section of AHCA Form 1823. (c) Any information required by paragraph (a) that is not contained in the medical examination report conducted before the individual's admission to the facility must be obtained by the administrator using AHCA Form 1823 within 30 days after admission. (d) Medical examinations of residents placed by the department, by the Department of Children and Families, or by an agency under contract with either department must be conducted within 30 days before placement in the facility and recorded on AHCA Form 1823 described in paragraph (b). (e) An assessment that has been conducted through the Comprehensive, Assessment, Review and Evaluation for Long-Term Care Services (CARES) program may be substituted for the medical examination requirements of Section 429.26, F.S., and this rule. (f) Any orders for medications, nursing, therapeutic diets, or other services to be provided or supervised by the facility issued by the health care provider conducting the medical examination may be attached to the health assessment. A health care provider may attach a DH Form 1896, Florida Do Not Resuscitat

Corrected Jan 28, 2015