Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification
Chapter 50 - Home and Community-Based Services Providers Licensing Standards
Subchapter J - Respite Care
Section I-5087 - Operational Requirements for Center-Based Respite Care

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code I-5087

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

A. All center-based respite care service providers shall meet the following daily aspects of care.

1. The daily schedule shall be developed in relation to the needs of the clients.

2. Clients shall be assisted in ADL's as needed.
a. The provider shall ensure that the client has an adequate supply of clothing, needed personal care supplies, and medications, if needed.

3. The provider shall make available to each client an adequate number of supervised recreational activities.

B. All center-based respite care service providers shall meet the following health aspects of care.

1. Responsibility for the health supervision of the client shall be placed with the client's personal physician.
a. The provider shall have written agreements for obtaining diagnosis and treatment of medical and dental problems for clients who do not have a personal physician. This agreement can be with a local hospital, clinic or physician.

2. Arrangements for medical isolation shall be available. The provider shall inform the family to move the client to isolation when medically determined as necessary.

3. Medication shall be prescribed only by a licensed health care practitioner in accordance with the individuals professional licensing laws.

C. ...

1. Planning, preparation and serving of foods shall be in accordance with the nutritional, social, emotional and medical needs of the client's. The menu shall include a minimum of three varied, nutritious and palatable meals a day plus nourishing snacks.

2. All milk and milk products used for drinking shall be Grade A and pasteurized.

3. There shall be no more than 14 hours between the last meal or snack offered on one day and the first meal offered of the following day.

4. - 5. Repealed.

D. The provider shall request from the family that all clients over five years of age have money for personal use. Money received by a client shall be his own personal property and shall be accounted for separately from the provider's funds.

E. Privacy

1. The HCBS provider staff shall function in a manner that allows appropriate privacy for each client.

2. The space and furnishings shall be designed and planned to enable the staff to respect the clients' right to privacy and at the same time provide adequate supervision according to the ages and developmental needs of the client.

3. The provider shall not use reports or pictures, nor release (or cause to be released) research data, from which clients can be identified without written consent from the client, parents or legal guardians.

F. Contact with Family, Friends and Representatives

1. Clients in care shall be allowed to send and receive uncensored mail and conduct private telephone conversations with family members.

2. If it has been determined either medically or legally that the best interests of the client necessitate restrictions on communications or visits, these restrictions shall be documented in the service plan.

3. If limits on communication or visits are indicated for practical reasons, such as expense of travel or telephone calls, such limitations shall be determined with the participation of the client and family.

G. Furnishings and Equipment

1. Furnishings and equipment shall be adequate, sufficient and substantial for the needs of the age groups in care.

2. All bedrooms shall be on or above street grade level and be outside rooms. Bedrooms shall accommodate no more than four residents. Bedrooms shall provide at least 60 square feet per person in multiple sleeping rooms and not less than 80 square feet in single rooms.

3. Each resident shall be provided a separate bed of proper size and height, a clean, comfortable mattress and bedding appropriate for weather and climate.

4. There shall be separate and gender segregated sleeping rooms for adults and for adolescents. When possible, there should be individual sleeping rooms for client's whose behavior would be disruptive to other client's.

5. Appropriate furniture shall be provided including but not limited to, a chest of drawers, a table or desk, an individual closet with clothes racks and shelves accessible to the residents.

6. Individual storage space reserved for the client's exclusive use shall be provided for personal possessions such as clothing and other items so that they are easily accessible to the resident during his/her stay.

H. Bath and Toilet Facilities

1. There shall be a separate toilet/bathing area for males and females beyond pre-school age. The provider shall have one toilet/bathing area for each eight clients admitted, but in no case shall have less than two toilet/bathing areas.

2. Toilets should be convenient to sleeping rooms and play rooms.

3. Toilets, bathtubs and showers shall provide for individual privacy unless specifically contraindicated for the individual, as stated in the service plan.

4. Bath/toilet area shall be accessible, operable and equipped with toilet paper, soap and paper towels or hand drying machines.

5. Every bath/toilet shall be wheelchair accessible.

6. Individuals shall be provided privacy when using a bath/toilet area.

7. Every bath/toilet area door shall be designed to permit opening of the locked door from the outside, in an emergency. The opening device shall be readily accessible to the staff.

I. There shall be a designated space for dining. Dining room tables and chairs shall be adjusted in height to suit the ages and physical needs of the client's.

J. Heat and Ventilation

1. The temperature shall be maintained within a reasonable comfort range (65 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit).

2. Each habitable room shall have access to direct outside ventilation by means of windows, louvers, air conditioner, or mechanical ventilation horizontally and vertically.

K. Health and Safety

1. The facility shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local building codes, fire and safety laws, ordinances and regulations.

2. Secure railings shall be provided for flights of more than four steps and for all porches more than four feet from the ground.

3. Where client's under age two are in care, secure safety gates shall be provided at the head and foot of each flight of stairs accessible to these client's.

4. Before swimming pools are made available for client use, written documentation shall be received by LDH-OPH confirming that the pool meets the requirements of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act of 2007 or, in lieu of, written documentation confirming that the pool meets the requirements of ANSI/APSP-7 (2006 Edition) which is entitled the "American National Standard for Suction Entrapment Avoidance in Swimming Pools, Wading pools, Spas, Hot Tubs and Catch Basins."
a. An outdoor swimming pool shall be enclosed by a six foot high fence. All entrances and exits to pools shall be closed and locked when not in use. Machinery rooms shall be locked to prevent clients from entering.

b. An individual, 18 years of age or older, shall be on duty when client's are swimming in ponds, lakes or pools where a lifeguard is not on duty. The facility shall have staff sufficient in number certified in water safety by the American Red Cross or other qualified certifying agency to meet the needs of the client's served.

c. The provider shall have written plans and procedures for water safety.

d. The provider shall have available water safety devices sufficient in number for client's served and staff trained in the proper usage of such devices.

5. Storage closets or chests containing medicine or poisons shall be kept securely locked.

6. Garden tools, knives and other potentially dangerous instruments shall be inaccessible to client's without supervision.

7. Electrical devices shall have appropriate safety controls.

L. Maintenance

1. Buildings and grounds shall be kept clean and in good repair.

2. Outdoor areas shall be well drained.

3. Equipment and furniture shall be safely and sturdily constructed and free of hazards to clients and staff.

4. The arrangement of furniture in living areas shall not block exit ways.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and R.S. 40:2120.1.

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