New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle Y - New York State Office for the Aging
Chapter IV - Long-term Care Ombudsman Program
Part 6660 - Long-term Care Ombudsman
Section 6660.7 - Responsibilities of local ombudsman entity coordinators
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
Each local ombudsman entity shall be directed by a paid coordinator who has supervisory authority over the long-term care ombudsmen participating in the local ombudsman program operated by such entity, including responsibility for:
(a) recruiting, screening, training and supervising such ombudsmen;
(b) identifying those to be recommended to the state long-term care ombudsman for designation as long-term care ombudsmen;
(c) identifying to the state long-term care ombudsman those whose certification as long-term care ombudsmen is recommended to be removed;
(d) distributing to the long-term care ombudsmen identification cards, and collecting such cards from those leaving or being removed from the program;
(e) assigning long -term care ombudsmen to facilities in the program's service area in accordance with standards set by the state long-term care ombudsman; and
(f) assuring that any files maintained by the ombudsman program are disclosed only at the discretion of the state long-term care ombudsman, and that the identity of any complainant or resident of a long-term care facility shall only be disclosed in accordance with the provisions of this part or at the direction of the state ombudsman.
