Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) Each Qualified Organization must develop,
maintain, and enforce a disciplinary process applicable to all Support
Coordinators within the organization. Failure to develop, maintain, or enforce
a disciplinary process shall constitute grounds for the Agency to deny the
application of or take disciplinary action against the Qualified
Organization.
(2) The disciplinary
process must, at a minimum, include:
(a)
Comprehensive review of the violation(s) to determine its impact within the
Organization, including its impact on service delivery to clients;
(b) Any Support Coordinator who is
responsible for a violation will meet with his or her supervisor to review and
address the violation(s), which may include:
1. Discussing factors that led to the
violation(s);
2. Discussing whether
this is a repeat violation for the Support Coordinator; and
3. Discussing how the violation will be
avoided or prevented from recurring, which may include requiring additional
training for the Support Coordinator or the development of additional job aides
to help the Support Coordinator improve his or her job
performance.
(c)
Disciplinary action commensurate with the Support Coordinator's violation(s),
including consideration of whether it is a repeat violation and its gravity;
and
(d) Appropriate
follow-up.
(3) The
Qualified Organization must make the approved disciplinary process available to
all its employed Support Coordinators and must review the disciplinary process
to each client or, if applicable, client's legal representative on an annual
basis or immediately upon request.
(4) A Qualified Organization's failure to
enforce its disciplinary process against a Support Coordinator responsible for
a violation(s) constitutes a violation by the Qualified Organization.
(5) Agency Oversight.
(a) Within 10 days of receiving notice from
the Regional Office that the Qualified Organization or any of its Support
Coordinators violated rules or statutes designated in Rule
65G-14.005, F.A.C., the
Qualified Organization must submit to the Agency's Regional Office a proposed
Corrective Action Plan that contains all of the following:
1. The actions the Qualified Organization
and, if applicable, individual Support Coordinators will take to correct each
of the violations identified and to comply with the applicable
requirements;
2. The name of the
staff person(s) responsible for completing each action; and
3. A timeframe for accomplishing each
action.
(b) The Agency
will reject any proposed Corrective Action Plan that fails to identify all of
the information described in paragraph (5)(a) of this rule or reflects a plan
of action that does not address the violation(s). If the Agency rejects a
proposed Corrective Action Plan, the Agency shall notify the Qualified
Organization in writing of the reasons for rejection and require the Qualified
Organization to submit an amended Corrective Action Plan addressing the
deficiency or deficiencies within five business days of receipt of the Agency's
notice rejecting the Corrective Action Plan.
(c) The Qualified Organization is responsible
for ensuring that the Corrective Action Plan is fully implemented within the
timeframes designated in the Corrective Action Plan, which includes documenting
in writing all action taken to correct a violation.
(d) If the Qualified Organization fails to
remediate a violation pertaining to the Qualified Organization or any of its
Support Coordinators within the timeframes established in the Corrective Action
Plan or the violation reoccurs within the same 12-month period, the Agency may
take action against the Qualified Organization as described in Rule 14.005,
F.A.C.
(e) Where the violation
presents a danger to the health, safety, or welfare of a client(s), the Agency
may take immediate action as described in Rule 14.005,
F.A.C.
(6) This rule
shall be reviewed, and if necessary, renewed through the rulemaking process
five years from the effective date.
Rulemaking Authority
393.0662 (7),
(15),
393.0663(5),
393.501(1) FS.
Law Implemented 393.0662,
393.0663(2),
393.063 FS.
New 7-1-21.
