Current through September 16, 2024
1. The
administrator of a community health worker pool must:
(a) Be at least 18 years of age;
(b) Have a high school diploma or its
equivalent;
(c) Be responsible and
mature and have the personal qualities which will enable the administrator to
understand the problems relating to the prevention and management of chronic
disease, the social determinants of health, the field of behavioral health and
community services;
(d) Understand
the provisions of this chapter and chapter 449 of NRS; and
(e) Demonstrate the ability to read, write,
speak and understand the English language.
2. The administrator of a community health
worker pool shall represent the licensee in the daily operation of the
community health worker pool and shall appoint a person to exercise his or her
authority in the administrator's absence. The responsibilities of an
administrator include, without limitation:
(a)
Employing qualified personnel and arranging for their training;
(b) Ensuring that only trained community
health workers are providing the services of a community health worker to a
client of the community health worker pool and that such services are provided
in accordance with the functional assessment of the client, the service plan
established for the client and the policies and procedures of the community
health worker pool;
(c) Developing
and implementing an accounting and reporting system that reflects the fiscal
experience and current financial position of the community health worker
pool;
(d) Negotiating for services
provided by contract in accordance with legal requirements and established
policies of the community health worker pool;
(e) Providing oversight and direction for
community health workers and other members of the staff of the community health
worker pool as necessary to ensure that the clients of the community health
worker pool receive needed services;
(f) Developing and implementing policies and
procedures for the community health worker pool, including, without limitation,
policies and procedures concerning terminating the services of a community
health worker provided to a client;
(g) Designating one or more employees of the
community health worker pool to be in charge of the community health worker
pool during those times when the administrator is absent;
(h) Demonstrating to the Division upon
request that the community health worker pool has sufficient resources and the
capability to satisfy the requests of each client of the community health
worker pool related to the provision of the services of a community health
worker described in the service plan to the client; and
(i) Providing an annual report to the
Division, on a form prescribed by the Division, on or before January 1 of each
year after the initial licensure of the community health worker pool.
3. Except as otherwise provided in
this subsection, an employee designated to be in charge of the community health
worker pool when the administrator is absent must have access to all records
kept at the community health worker pool. Confidential information may be
removed from a file to which an employee designated to be in charge of the
community health worker pool has access if the confidential information is
maintained separately by the administrator.
4. The administrator of a community health
worker pool shall ensure that:
(a) The clients
of the community health worker pool are not abused, neglected, exploited,
isolated or abandoned by a community health worker or another member of the
staff of the community health worker pool, or by any person who is visiting the
client when a community health worker or another member of the staff of the
community health worker pool is present; and
(b) Suspected cases of abuse, neglect,
exploitation, isolation or abandonment of a client are reported in the manner
prescribed in
NRS
200.5093,
200.50935
and
632.472.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
Health by R133-15, eff. 12-19-2017
NRS
449.0302
