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 75-03-40-49 - Resident accommodations

1. The facility shall arrange for residents to have a personal supply of clean, well-fitting clothing and shoes for both indoor and outdoor wear and appropriate for the season.

2. The facility shall make room assignments to best meet the needs and vulnerabilities of residents. The facility shall assess room assignments on an ongoing basis to minimize potential risk to residents.

3. The facility shall provide residents personal hygiene and toiletries, including washcloths and towels which must be changed when soiled, and no less often than weekly.

4. The facility shall provide residents a bed with a clean mattress and bedding. The facility shall provide additional blankets to each resident as temperatures make necessary. Sheets and bedding must be changed when soiled, and no less often than weekly.

5. A facility that assigns jobs and household responsibilities for residents shall do so in a manner that does not conflict with the education and treatment schedule or physical health of the residents or preclude the opportunity for socialization activities.

6. Participation in recreational and social activities must be on the basis of the individualized needs and treatment goals of each resident.

7. The facility shall advise all residents and the resident's custodian and parent or guardian, in writing, of the day-to-day rules of the facility. The facility shall adopt day-to-day rules that create the least restrictive environment, consistent with the treatment needs of residents. The rules must include:

8. The facility shall advise residents and the resident's custodian and parent or guardian, in writing, of the process used by employees to complete a search of residents or their belongings when returning to the facility from offsite outings, events, school, or home visits. The facility shall inform residents of the reason searches may be conducted, the protocol for conducting searches, and any disciplinary action a facility may take if contraband items are identified during a search.

9. A facility shall ensure privacy is made available when a custodian, parent, guardian, or family member arrives onsite to visit a resident. The facility shall record any reason for restricting communications or visits between a resident and the resident's custodian, parent, guardian or family members in the resident's file.