La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § I-1313

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section I-1313 - Local Oversight Committee

A. Responsibility

1. Each facility shall have a local oversight committee whose responsibility it is to:

a. review all reported incidents;

b. monitor, review and analyze investigations of incidents;

c. make recommendations to the facility administrator regarding corrective actions which are designed to reduce the risk of future incidents, including but not limited to recommendations regarding: staff training and orientation programs; personnel policies regarding employee discipline; staffing patterns; pre employment screening procedures; staff recruitment, and criteria for hiring;

d. make recommendations to the facility administrator regarding any corrective action plan which may be requested by the Gary W. Project Office.

2. The minutes of all meetings of the Local Oversight Committee along with any recommendations issued by the committee shall be forwarded within three days of the Committee's meeting to a) the facility administrator and b) the Gary W. Project Office.

B. Composition of Local Oversight Committee

1. The Local Oversight Committee shall include, at a minimum:

a. the facility administrator/or designee

b. a direct care staff member

c. at least two of the following:

i. a relative

ii. consumer

iii. advocacy group representative

iv. consultant (nurse, social worker, etc.) not employed by the facility or the DHH.

2. Meetings of the local oversight committee cannot proceed until the representative of each of the above groups is present.

3. The Human Rights Committee of any facility may perform the functions of the local oversight committee so long as the Human Rights Committee contains representatives from each of the groups designated in this Paragraph. Where the facility's Human Rights Committee is composed of a majority of facility personnel, a subcommittee reflecting the composition in B1., 2., and 3. shall serve as local oversight committee.

4. There shall be equal representation on the local oversight committee between non-facility representatives (Subparagraph B.3.) and the combined number of facility representatives (Subparagraphs B.1. and B.2.). Further, no meeting of the local oversight committee may proceed unless there are at least as many non-facility representatives present at the meeting as facility representatives.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-1313

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of the Secretary, LR 13:246 (April, 1987), amended LR 13:299 (May, 1987), amended LR 14:538 (August 1988).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with Gary W., et al., vs. State of Louisiana, Civil Action 74-2412.