Pennsylvania Code
Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Part V - Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
Chapter 704 - STAFFING REQUIREMENTS FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT ACTIVITIES
Section 704.3 - General requirements for projects

Universal Citation: 28 PA Code ยง 704.3

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024

(a) The project shall develop a written policy to address relapse of recovering clinical personnel. The project's policy shall also address the discipline of nonrecovering employes who abuse alcohol and other drugs.

(b) The project shall develop a policy that addresses the recruitment and hiring of staff persons who are appropriate to the population to be served. Every effort shall be made to hire staff persons representative of that population.

(c) Clerical and other support staff shall be employed in sufficient numbers to insure efficient and safe operation of all of the services provided by the project.

(d) Inpatient nonhospital facilities except for transitional living facilities and licensed facilities providing halfway house services shall have awake staff coverage 24 hours a day. Halfway houses shall have at least one staff person on the premises at all times.

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