General Practices - AFFC Providers 660-05-30-05-05
(Revised
1/1/08 ML 3118)
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The provider shall adhere to sound care practices that include the following:
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Permit a representative
of the County Social Service Agency, Human Service Center, Division or
other agency serving a resident entry into home without prior notice.
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Provide information about
the resident to the County Social Service Agency and family member (if
appropriate), guardian or other agency serving the resident with reasonable
promptness.
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Report illness, hospitalization,
or unusual behavior of a resident to the County Social Service Agency
and to the resident's family, representative or guardian.
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Not permit a person, except
for a resident, to reside in the home or act as a caregiver in the home,
if that person has been convicted of an offense, unless:
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The Department of Human
Services determines the person has been sufficiently rehabilitated; and
The person has not been convicted of an offense
that has a direct bearing upon the health, morality, and well-being of
persons cared for in the home or a person's ability to serve the public
as a caregiver in a home.
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Sufficient evidence of
rehabilitation exists with the completion of probation or parole, or of
a period of five years after final discharge or release from any term
of imprisonment, without subsequent conviction.
- Assure that information
related to the resident shall be kept confidential, except as may be necessary
in the planning or provision of care or medical treatment, related to
an investigation or license review or as authorized by the resident.
- Not practice, condone,
facilitate, or collaborate with any form of discrimination on the basis
of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin,
marital status, political belief, or mental or physical handicap.
- Be willing to accept direction,
advice, and suggestions concerning the care of residents from the County
Social Service Agency, Human Service Center, Division or other agency
representative serving a resident.
- Assure that residents receiving
care in the home are not subjected to physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect,
or exploitation.
- Undergo a medical examination,
psychological evaluation, or drug and alcohol evaluation when requested
by the County Social Service Agency, Human Service Center or Division
when there is reason to believe that such an examination or evaluation
is reasonably necessary.
- Authorize the release of
a report of any examination, evaluation, or inspection required by Department
policies, administrative rules, or state statute to the County Social
Service Agency, Human Service Center or Division.
- Immediately report changes
in the identity or number of individuals living in the home to the County
Social Service Agency.
- Immediately report the
inability to carry out the parts of a care plan for which the provider
is responsible to the monitoring agency and placing agency or individual.
- Allow a representative
of the County Social Service Agency or Human Service Center or Division
to enter the premises, examine the home and records maintained with respect
to the residents, and interview the resident(s), provider, and caregivers
in order to evaluate compliance with policies, administrative rules and
state statutes.
- Cooperate with the County
Social Service Agency, Human Service Center or Division in inspections,
complaint investigations, planning for the care of a resident, application
procedures and other necessary activities, and allow access of the County
Social Service Agency, Human Service Center staff, Ombudsman, or other
authorized individuals to the home and its residents.
- Not retaliate against any
resident, who has filed a complaint with the County Social Service Agency,
Human Service Center or Division, by taking away rights or privileges;
threatening to take away rights or privileges; or by abusing or threatening
to abuse a resident in any manner.
- The provider shall make
reasonable efforts to make residents comfortable in the home. During times
of extremes in outdoor temperature the provider will need to adjust the
temperature of the home's heating and cooling system, provide additional
bedding, use available ventilation and fans, and encourage residents to
wear clothing appropriate for the season or temperature.
- Report destructive and
abusive behavior by a resident towards the provider or other residents
to the County Social Service Agency, the agency that is responsible for
placement of the destructive or abusive resident, and the personal representative
of the destructive or abusive resident for the purpose of transfer, referral
or continuation of care in relation to the needs of the provider and other
residents.
- Arrange for service delivery
when out of the home through respite care, see Service Chapter 815-01,
or through a substitute caregiver, section 05-30-10-05.
- Meet criteria established
by the Department for employment outside the home.
