Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification
Chapter 42 - Adult Day Health Care
Subchapter H - Direct Service Management
Section I-4275 - Discharge

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code I-4275

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. The center shall have written policies and procedures governing voluntary discharges (the participant withdraws from the program on his/her own) and non-voluntary discharges (center initiated discharges).

1. The policy may include the procedures for non-voluntary discharges due to the health and safety of the participant or that of other participants if they would be endangered by the further stay of a particular participant in the center.

B. There shall be a written report detailing the circumstances leading to any discharge.

C. Prior to a planned discharge, the center's ID Team shall formulate an aftercare plan specifying needed supports and the resources available to the participant.

D. When the participant is going to another home and community-based program or institutional center, discharge planning shall include the participant's needs, medication history, social data and any other information that will assist in his/her care in the new program or center.

1. A center member of the ID Team shall confer with the representatives of the new program regarding the individual needs and problems of the participant, if at all possible.

2. Upon discharge, the center shall provide a summary of the participant's health record to the person or agency responsible for the future planning and care of the participant. The discharge summary shall include:
a. medical diagnoses;

b. medication regimen (current physicians orders);

c. treatment regimen (current physicians orders);

d. functional needs (inabilities);

e. any special equipment utilized (dentures, ambulatory aids, eye glasses, etc.);

f. social needs;

g. financial resources; and

h. any other information which will enable the receiving center/caregivers to provide the continued necessary care without interruption.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and 40:2120.41-46.

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