01.
Certificate Required. (3-17-22)
a. No agency may provide services within this
state until the Department has approved the application for certification and
issued the agency a certificate. No agency may provide services within this
state without a current certificate. (3-17-22)
b. The Department is not required to consider
the application of any operator, administrator, or owner of an agency whose
license or certification has been revoked until five (5) years have lapsed from
the date of revocation. (3-17-22)
02.
Application. An application
for a certificate must be made to the Department on forms provided by the
Department at:
https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/providers/developmental-disabilities-and-residential-habilitation-agencies/residential-habilitation.
The application must contain the following to be considered complete: (3-17-22)
a. Application form that contains the name,
address, and telephone number of the agency, type of services to be provided,
the geographic service area of the agencies, and the anticipated date for the
initiation of services; (3-17-22)
b. An accurate and complete statement of all
business names of the agency as filed with the Secretary of State, whether an
assumed business name, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or
other entity, that identifies each owner of the agency, and the management
structure of the agency; (3-17-22)
c. A statement that the agency will comply
with these rules and all other applicable local, state, and federal
requirements, including an assurance that the agency complies with pertinent
state and federal requirements governing equal opportunity and
nondiscrimination; (3-17-22)
d. A
copy of the proposed organizational chart or plan for staffing of the agency;
(3-17-22)
e. Staff qualifications
including resumes, job descriptions, verification of satisfactory completion of
criminal history checks in accordance with IDAPA 16.05.06, "Criminal History
and Background Checks," and copies of state licenses and certificates for
staff, when applicable; (3-17-22)
f. Written policies and procedures for the
development and implementation of staff training to meet the requirements of
Section 204 of these
rules. (3-17-22)
g. Staff and
participant illness policy, communicable disease policy, and other
health-related policies and procedures required in Section
300 of these rules;
(3-17-22)
h. Written policies and
procedures that address special medical or health care needs of participants
required in Section 300 of these
rules; (3-17-22)
i. Written
transportation safety policies and procedures required in Section
300 of these rules;
(3-17-22)
j. Written participant
grievance policies and procedures to meet requirements in Section
300 of these rules;
(3-17-22)
k. Written medication
policies and procedures to address medication standards and requirements to
meet requirements in Section
302 of these rules;
(3-17-22)
l. Written policies and
procedures that address the development of participants' social skills and the
management of participants' maladaptive behavior to meet requirements in
Section 303 of these
rules; (3-17-22)
m. Written
termination policies and procedures in accordance with Section
400 of these rules;
(3-17-22)
n. Written policies and
procedures for reporting incidents to the adult protection authority and to the
Department to meet requirements in Section
404 of these rules;
(3-17-22)
o. Written description of
the program records system including a completed sample of a program plan, and
a monitoring record; (3-17-22)
p.
Written description of the fiscal record system including a sample of program
billing; (3-17-22)
q. Written
description of the agency's quality assurance program developed to meet
requirements in Section
405 of these rules;
(3-17-22)
r. Any other policies,
procedures, or requirements as outlined in these rules; and (3-17-22)
s. All referenced forms.
(3-17-22)
03.
Completed Applications. Applications must be complete. Incomplete
applications will not be considered and will be returned to the applicant. An
applicant may submit an application up to three (3) times within a three
hundred sixty-five (365) day period starting on the date of the first
submission. If the application is incomplete upon a third submission, the
application will be denied. The applicant may not resubmit an application for
six (6) months from the date of the denial notice. (3-17-22)
04.
Conformity. Applicants for
certification and certified residential habilitation agencies must conform to
all applicable rules of the Department. (3-17-22)
05.
Inspection of Residential
Habilitation Records. The agency and all records required under these
rules must be accessible at any reasonable time to authorized representatives
of the Department for the purpose of inspection with or without prior notice.
Refusal to allow such access may result in revocation of the agency's
certificate. (3-17-22)
