North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 75 - Department of Human Services
Article 75-03 - Community Services
Chapter 75-03-40 - Licensing of Qualified Residential Treatment Program Providers
Section 75-03-40-42 - Medical

1. The facility shall adopt a comprehensive written plan of preventive, routine, and emergency medical care for residents, including first aid, dental, optical care, and administration of prescription and nonprescription medicine. If a resident is due for a medical examination, the facility shall arrange for a physical examination within seven days of admission and for a dental or optical examination, if needed, within ninety days of admission. The facility shall arrange and provide for necessary remedial and corrective measures for every resident as soon as possible after an examination indicates a need.

2. The facility shall have policies governing the use of psychotropic medications.

3. The facility shall have a plan to separate an ill resident from other residents only if necessary, because of the severity of the illness and it is contagious or infectious.

4. The facility shall have a policy to prevent transmission of infection from all blood or other body fluid exposures, and all personnel shall be aware of and follow policy related to universal precautions.

5. The facility shall have a first aid kit on each level of the building housing residents, in buildings where resident activities take place, and in every vehicle used to transport residents. The first aid kit must be placed where it is inaccessible to residents, but accessible to personnel. A first aid kit must be inventoried and resupplied after each use.

6. The facility shall have a suicide prevention kit on each level of the building housing residents; including a cut down tool. The kit must be placed where it is inaccessible to residents, but accessible and readily available to personnel. A kit must be inventoried and resupplied after each use.