Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 50 - PUBLIC HEALTH-MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
Part VII - Long Term Care
Subpart 3 - Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Chapter 315 - Client Rights
Section VII-31501 - Written Policies
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The ICF/MR will establish written policies that safeguard clients' rights and define their responsibilities. The ICF/MR chief executive officer and ICF/MR staff will be trained in, and will adhere to, client rights policies and procedures. ICF/MR personnel will protect and promote clients' civil rights and rights to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication with and access to persons and services inside and outside the facility and to exercise their legal rights. The chief executive officer will be responsible for staff compliance with client rights policies.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 46:153, R.S. 28.390, 42 CFR 483.420 and 483.410 (1), (2), (3), Title XIX of the Social Security Act, Section 601 of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and Age Discrimination Act of 1975.
