Section 449.39579 - Qualifications and duties of administrator; access to records in absence of administrator1. The administrator of a community health worker pool must: (a) Be at least 18 years of age;(b) Have a high school diploma or its equivalent;(c) Be responsible and mature and have the personal qualities which will enable the administrator to understand the problems relating to the prevention and management of chronic disease, the social determinants of health, the field of behavioral health and community services;(d) Understand the provisions of this chapter and chapter 449 of NRS; and(e) Demonstrate the ability to read, write, speak and understand the English language.2. The administrator of a community health worker pool shall represent the licensee in the daily operation of the community health worker pool and shall appoint a person to exercise his or her authority in the administrator's absence. The responsibilities of an administrator include, without limitation:(a) Employing qualified personnel and arranging for their training;(b) Ensuring that only trained community health workers are providing the services of a community health worker to a client of the community health worker pool and that such services are provided in accordance with the functional assessment of the client, the service plan established for the client and the policies and procedures of the community health worker pool;(c) Developing and implementing an accounting and reporting system that reflects the fiscal experience and current financial position of the community health worker pool;(d) Negotiating for services provided by contract in accordance with legal requirements and established policies of the community health worker pool;(e) Providing oversight and direction for community health workers and other members of the staff of the community health worker pool as necessary to ensure that the clients of the community health worker pool receive needed services;(f) Developing and implementing policies and procedures for the community health worker pool, including, without limitation, policies and procedures concerning terminating the services of a community health worker provided to a client;(g) Designating one or more employees of the community health worker pool to be in charge of the community health worker pool during those times when the administrator is absent;(h) Demonstrating to the Division upon request that the community health worker pool has sufficient resources and the capability to satisfy the requests of each client of the community health worker pool related to the provision of the services of a community health worker described in the service plan to the client; and(i) Providing an annual report to the Division, on a form prescribed by the Division, on or before January 1 of each year after the initial licensure of the community health worker pool.3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an employee designated to be in charge of the community health worker pool when the administrator is absent must have access to all records kept at the community health worker pool. Confidential information may be removed from a file to which an employee designated to be in charge of the community health worker pool has access if the confidential information is maintained separately by the administrator.4. The administrator of a community health worker pool shall ensure that:(a) The clients of the community health worker pool are not abused, neglected, exploited, isolated or abandoned by a community health worker or another member of the staff of the community health worker pool, or by any person who is visiting the client when a community health worker or another member of the staff of the community health worker pool is present; and(b) Suspected cases of abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of a client are reported in the manner prescribed in NRS 200.5093, 200.50935 and 632.472.Nev. Admin. Code § 449.39579
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R133-15, eff. 12-19-2017