Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Article 4 - MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
Section 28-4-1263 - Staff member schedule; supervision of residents
Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 28-4-1263
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Staff member schedule.
(1) Each permittee and each licensee shall
develop and implement a written daily staff member schedule. The schedule shall
meet the requirements for the staffing ratios of direct care staff members to
residents at all times.
(A) The schedule shall
provide for sufficient staff members on the living unit to provide direct
supervision to the residents at all times and to provide for each resident's
physical, social, emotional, and educational needs.
(B) The schedule shall provide for a minimum
staffing ratio of one direct care staff member on active duty to four residents
during waking hours and one direct care staff member on active duty to seven
residents during sleeping hours.
(C) At least one direct care staff member of
the same sex as the residents shall be present, awake, and available to the
residents at all times. If both male and female residents are present in the
facility, at least one male and one female direct care staff member shall be
present, awake, and available.
(2) At no time shall there be fewer than two
direct care staff members present on the living unit when one or more residents
are in care.
(3) Alternate
qualified direct care staff members shall be provided for the relief of the
scheduled direct care staff members on a one-to-one basis and in compliance
with the staffing ratios of direct care staff members to residents.
(4) Only direct care staff members shall be
counted in the required staffing ratio of direct care staff members to
residents.
(b) Supervision of residents.
(1) No resident
shall be left unsupervised.
(2)
Electronic supervision shall not replace the ratio requirements.
(3) Staff members shall know the location of
each resident at all times.
(c) Movements and activities of residents. Each permittee and each licensee shall implement policies and procedures for determining when the movements and activities of a resident could, for treatment purposes, be restricted or subject to control through increased direct supervision.
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