Section 0940-05-28-.03 - PERSONNEL AND STAFFING REQUIREMENTS FOR SEMI-INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITIES(1) A primary staff member must be assigned to each client. The primary staff member is to be responsible for monitoring and assisting the client in the client's semi-independent living arrangement. A primary staff member must not be responsible for more than twenty (20) clients.(2) Primary staff members or other assigned support staff must be available to clients on call on twenty-four (24) hours per day basis.(3) The governing body must ensure that employees practice infection control procedures that will protect clients from infectious diseases.(4) Employees must have a regular tuberculosis skin test within thirty (30) days of employment and as required thereafter by current Tennessee Department of Health guidelines.(5) Employees must be provided with a basic orientation in the proper management of individuals with seizure disorders prior to being assigned to work with individuals with such disorders.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-05-28-.03
Original rule filed May 26, 1988; effective July 11, 1988.Authority: T.C.A. § 33-2-504.