Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 1 - Administration
Chapter 12 - Facilities and Local Units
Article 5 - Nursing Facilities
7 AAC 12.280 - Rehabilitation services

(a) A nursing facility must provide a program of rehabilitative nursing care that assists each resident to achieve and maintain an optimal level of self-care and independence, as an integral part of the nursing service.

(b) A nursing facility must provide physical, occupational, or speech rehabilitative services for a resident on a full-time, part-time, or consultant basis in accordance with the needs of the resident.

(c) A therapist shall evaluate a resident in accordance with a physician's order. The therapist shall then establish an appropriate treatment program in coordination with medical, nursing, and other rehabilitative personnel.

(d) The therapist shall report on the resident's progress to the attending physician within two weeks after initiation of rehabilitative services. After that report, the therapist shall reevaluate and note in the resident's medical record the resident's status and treatment plan every 30 days in the case of a resident receiving active rehabilitation and at least every 90 days for other residents.