Section 0465-02-12-.07 - CLOTHING FOR PERSONS SUPPORTED(1) Each person supported must be provided the least restrictive level of support and assistance needed in the selection and purchase of clothing.(2) The facility must allow each person supported to dress him/herself in his/her own clothes and to change clothes at appropriate times according to his/her abilities.(3) The facility must assist each person supported in securing an adequate allowance of personally-owned, individualized, customary, clean, and seasonal clothes.(4) Any marking of clothing belonging to the person supported for identification purposes must be done in an inconspicuous manner.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0465-02-12-.07
New rules filed July 6, 2016; effective 10/4/2016.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-4-103, 4-5-202, 33-1-201, 33-1-302, 33-1-303, 33-1-305, 33-1-309, 33-2-301, 33-2-302, 33-2-404, 33-2-407.