Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
General requirements.
A facility that is certified to provide shelter services must
meet the requirements of parts
2960.0010 to
2960.0120.
Subp. 2.
Shelter programs.
A shelter program must offer the additional services in items
A to C.
A. Instead of the requirements
in part
2960.0070, subpart
5, the license holder must:
(1) assess the resident's vulnerability to
maltreatment and develop a plan to reduce the resident's risk of maltreatment
while in the shelter; and
(2)
assess the resident's situation, condition, and immediate needs as a basis for
developing a plan to meet the resident's needs for basic services in part
2960.0080, subparts
2 and
3.
B. Instead of the requirements in part
2960.0070, subpart
5, item A, subitem (1), the
license holder must, within 24 hours of admitting a resident to shelter
services, arrange for a qualified professional according to this item to
conduct a basic health screening to determine if a resident needs a physical or
dental examination by a medically licensed person. If the need for an
examination is determined, the license holder must notify the resident's case
manager of the need to make an appointment with a medically licensed person to
complete the required examination and document notification of the case
manager. A qualified professional is:
(1) a
certified pediatric nurse practitioner;
(2) a licensed nurse trained to do child and
teen checkups;
(3) a certified
family nurse practitioner; or
(4) a
registered nurse experienced in the care of children in a shelter facility
under the direction of a physician.
C. If a resident remains in a shelter for
more than ten days, the license holder must follow the discharge requirements
of part
2960.0190, subparts
1, item A; and 2, and must
note the name and address of the party the resident was released to following
discharge.
Subp. 3.
Plan for immediate needs.
Within 24 hours of admitting a resident, the license holder
must develop a plan for meeting the resident's immediate needs. The plan for
meeting the immediate needs of a resident in this subpart may be used in lieu
of the individual treatment plan. The plan must:
A. identify what is immediately needed to
help stabilize or ameliorate the resident's situation, behavior, or condition
based on the assessment in subpart
2;
B. specify short-term objectives and methods
for meeting the needs identified in item A; and
C. indicate the license holder's
responsibilities for meeting the resident's needs identified by the placing
agency.
Subp. 4.
Shelter staffing pattern and minimum staff to resident ratio.
Shelter services programs must meet the requirements of this
subpart.
A. During normal waking
hours, when residents are present, a program certified to provide shelter
services to residents must not have a ratio of staff who provide care services
to residents less than the requirements of subitems (1) to (4):
(1) at least one staff person to three
residents, if the residents are less than six years old;
(2) at least on staff person to four
residents, if the residents are six to eight years old;
(3) at least one staff person to six
residents, if the residents are nine to 11 years old; and
(4) at least one staff person to eight
residents, if the residents are 12 to 18 years old.
B. During normal sleeping hours, a program
certified to provide shelter services to residents must maintain a ratio of
staff who provide care services to residents which is not less than the
requirements of subitems (1) and (2):
(1) at
least one staff person to seven residents, if the residents are less than nine
years old; or
(2) at least one
staff person to 12 residents, if the residents are nine years old or
older.
C. The license
holder must not assign staff in a manner that invades the privacy of residents
or embarrasses or diminishes the dignity of residents.
The license holder may assign medically licensed staff and
purchase the services of persons who are medically licensed to care for or
treat residents of the opposite sex.
Subp. 5.
Criteria for emergency use of
restrictive procedures.
Shelter facilities that want to use restrictive procedures
may use restrictive procedures according to the program's statement of intended
use if the license holder is certified to use restrictive procedures according
to part
2960.0710.
Statutory Authority:
L
1995 c 226 art 3
s
60; MS s
241.021;
245A.03;
245A.09
