1. The
administrator of a peer support recovery organization 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 problems relating to mental illness and addiction;
(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 peer support recovery organization shall represent the
licensee in the daily operation of the peer support recovery organization and
shall appoint a designee 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 persons
provide peer support services to a client of the peer support recovery
organization and that such services are provided in accordance with the needs
of the client and the policies and procedures of the peer support recovery
organization;
(c) Developing and
implementing an accounting and reporting system that reflects the fiscal
experience and current financial position of the peer support recovery
organization;
(d) Negotiating for
services provided by contract in accordance with legal requirements and
established policies of the peer support recovery organization;
(e) Providing oversight and direction for
persons who provide peer support services and other members of the staff of the
peer support recovery organization as necessary to ensure that the clients of
the peer support recovery organization receive needed services;
(f) Developing and implementing policies and
procedures for the peer support recovery organization, including, without
limitation, policies and procedures concerning terminating the peer support
services provided to a client;
(g)
Designating one or more employees of the peer support recovery organization to
be in charge of the peer support recovery organization during those times when
the administrator is absent; and
(h) Demonstrating to the Division upon
request that the peer support recovery organization has sufficient resources
and the capability to satisfy the requests of each client of the peer support
recovery organization related to the provision of the peer support services to
the client.
3. Except as
otherwise provided in this subsection, an employee designated to be in charge
of the peer support recovery organization when the administrator is absent must
have access to all records kept at the peer support recovery organization.
Confidential information may be removed from a file to which an employee
designated to be in charge of the peer support recovery organization has access
if the confidential information is maintained separately by the
administrator.
4. The administrator
of a peer support recovery organization shall ensure that:
(a) The clients of the peer support recovery
organization are not abused, neglected, exploited, isolated or abandoned by a
person who provides peer support services or another member of the staff of the
peer support recovery organization, or by any person who is visiting the client
when a person who provides peer support services or another member of the staff
of the peer support recovery organization 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
R120-16A,
eff. 9/21/2017
