Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart
1.
Program director.
Each licensed facility must have at least one full-time
program director who meets the requirements in part
9515.3060.
Subp. 2.
Number of staff; staffing
patterns.
The license holder must provide qualified treatment and
treatment support staff in numbers sufficient to meet the license holder's
responsibilities for evaluation and assessment, developing and implementing
individualized treatment plans, providing a secure and orderly environment, and
planning for discharge. The number and type of staff needed on a given unit at
a given time are to be determined by the needs and characteristics of the
persons on the unit in accordance with the ongoing staffing assessment required
in subpart
3.
Subp. 3.
Ongoing assessment and
determination of necessary staffing levels.
Staffing levels shall be assessed and determined as specified
in items A to G.
A. The license holder
must perform assessments to determine the staffing levels necessary to meet the
safety and treatment needs of program participants and the safety needs of
staff. The assessments must address staffing levels for both treatment and
treatment support staff functions.
B. The assessments must be based on factors
that include but are not limited to the treatment needs of individual program
participants, participants' tendencies to victimize others, participants'
vulnerability to being victimized, the unit's population mix, and the influence
of new admissions.
C. The license
holder must develop a written plan that identifies specific participant
characteristics related to resource utilization and specifies methods for
evaluating the effectiveness and adequacy of staffing levels necessary to
provide active treatment, support order, and provide safety and security to
staff and participants.
D.
Assessments must be completed as often as necessary but no less than
quarterly.
E. A team representing
different staffing needs within the facility must complete the assessments and
report the resulting data to the facility administration.
F. The administration must review and
consider the reported data as part of the continuing process of monitoring
established staffing levels and reestablishing staffing levels as necessary.
The administration must document when staffing changes are made due to
assessment data.
G. The license
holder must develop policies and procedures for implementing the requirements
of this subpart.
