Rule 111-8-47-.10 - Resident Care(1) Each resident shall have a physician's written statement of his or her condition at time of admission or within forty-eight (48) hours thereafter and it shall be kept on file in the resident's health folder. (a) Physicians' prescriptions for medications for residents needing medication shall accompany the resident upon admission to the facility;(b) The physician's statement of the resident's condition should state any special care required including special diets.(2) Each home shall have a written agreement with a physician and a dentist who will be available to the home for emergencies, and who will provide the home with consultation concerning medical and dental problems.(3) Each home shall maintain a plan of care for each resident. This plan shall be kept current and will show, as a minimum, the name and frequency of medications, kind of diet, social problems, special care required, and ability to provide self-care. The plan of care shall be available to all personnel.(4) Reports of all resident evaluations and examinations shall be kept in the individual health folder.(5) The home shall have a microbial and infection control program. Policies and procedures for infection control shall be written, assembled and available to all staff members. Procedures shall be specific for practice in the home and shall be included in the training of every staff member. As a minimum, procedures shall include the following control measures: (a) Prevention of spread of infection from personnel to resident: Any person whose duties include direct resident care, handling food, or handling clean linen, and who has an acute illness such as "strep" throat, or an open sore or boil, shall not be allowed to work until he is fully recovered;(b) Prevention of spread of infection from visitors to residents;(c) Prevention of spread of infection from resident to personnel or other residents. Isolation techniques to be observed according to the source of infection and the method of spread; and(d) Reporting of communicable diseases as required by the rules and regulations for notification of diseases which have been promulgated by the Department of Public Health.(6) Restraint and/or forcible seclusion of a resident will be permitted only on a signed order of a physician, except in an emergency and then only until the advice of a physician can be obtained.(7) Provisions shall be made for proper sterilization of supplies, utensils, instruments and other materials as needed for the residents.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 111-8-47-.10
Ga. L. 1964, pp. 507, 612, as amended by Ga. L. 1969, p. 715 et seq., Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015 et seq., O.C.G.A. §§ 31-2-4et seq., 31-7-1et seq.
Original Rule entitled "Resident Care" adopted. F. Jan. 27, 2017; eff. Feb. 16, 2017.