La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § I-6237

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section I-6237 - Governing Body

A. A TGH shall have an identifiable governing body with responsibility for and authority over the policies and operations of the home.

1. A TGH shall have documents identifying all members of the governing body, their addresses, their terms of membership, officers of the governing body and terms of office of any officers.

2. The governing body shall be comprised of three or more persons and shall hold formal meetings at least twice a year.

3. There shall be written minutes of all formal meetings of the governing body and by-laws specifying frequency of meetings and quorum requirements.

B. The governing body of a TGH shall:

1. ensure the provider's continual compliance and conformity with all relevant federal, state, local and municipal laws and regulations;

2. ensure that the provider is adequately funded and fiscally sound;

3. review and approve the provider's annual budget;

4. designate qualified persons to act as supervising practitioner and clinical director and delegate sufficient authority to these persons to manage the TGH;

5. formulate and annually review, in consultation with the clinical director and supervising practitioner, written policies concerning the provider's philosophy, goals, current services, personnel practices, job descriptions and fiscal management;

6. annually evaluate the supervising practitioner's and clinical director's performance;

7. meet with designated representatives of the department whenever required to do so;

8. inform the department, or its designee, prior to initiating any substantial changes in the services provided by the provider;

9. ensure statewide criminal background checks in accordance with R.S. 15:587.1; and

10. ensure direct service worker registry checks in accordance with LAC 48:I.Chapter 92.

C. A TGH provider shall maintain the following documents:

1. minutes of formal meetings and by-laws of the governing body;

2. documentation of the provider's authority to operate under state law;

3. all leases, contracts and purchases-of-service agreements to which the provider is a party;

4. insurance policies;

5. annual budgets and audit reports; and

6. a master list of all the community resources used by the provider.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-6237

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 38:-410 (February 2012), Amended by the Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 44777 (4/1/2018).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and R.S. 40:2009.