Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification
Chapter 62 - Therapeutic Group Homes
Subchapter C - Administration and Organization
Section I-6237 - Governing Body
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code I-6237
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. A TGH shall have an identifiable governing body with responsibility for and authority over the policies and operations of the home.
1. A
TGH shall have documents identifying all members of the governing body, their
addresses, their terms of membership, officers of the governing body and terms
of office of any officers.
2. The
governing body shall be comprised of three or more persons and shall hold
formal meetings at least twice a year.
3. There shall be written minutes of all
formal meetings of the governing body and by-laws specifying frequency of
meetings and quorum requirements.
B. The governing body of a TGH shall:
1. ensure the provider's continual compliance
and conformity with all relevant federal, state, local and municipal laws and
regulations;
2. ensure that the
provider is adequately funded and fiscally sound;
3. review and approve the provider's annual
budget;
4. designate qualified
persons to act as supervising practitioner and clinical director and delegate
sufficient authority to these persons to manage the TGH;
5. formulate and annually review, in
consultation with the clinical director and supervising practitioner, written
policies concerning the provider's philosophy, goals, current services,
personnel practices, job descriptions and fiscal management;
6. annually evaluate the supervising
practitioner's and clinical director's performance;
7. meet with designated representatives of
the department whenever required to do so;
8. inform the department, or its designee,
prior to initiating any substantial changes in the services provided by the
provider;
9. ensure statewide
criminal background checks in accordance with
R.S.
15:587.1; and
10. ensure direct service worker registry
checks in accordance with LAC 48:I.Chapter 92.
C. A TGH provider shall maintain the following documents:
1. minutes of formal
meetings and by-laws of the governing body;
2. documentation of the provider's authority
to operate under state law;
3. all
leases, contracts and purchases-of-service agreements to which the provider is
a party;
4. insurance
policies;
5. annual budgets and
audit reports; and
6. a master list
of all the community resources used by the provider.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and R.S. 40:2009.
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