Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
A. The
facility shall offer a variety of recreational programs to suit the interests
and capabilities of the residents that choose to participate. The facility
shall provide recreational activities that provide stimulation; promote or
enhance physical, mental, and/or emotional health; are age-appropriate; and are
based on input from the residents and/or responsible party, as well as
information obtained in the initial assessment.
B. There shall be at least one (1) different
structured recreational activity provided daily each week that shall
accommodate residents' needs, interests, and capabilities as indicated in the
ITPs.
C. The facility shall develop
the recreational program, and provide and coordinate recreational activities
for the residents, including maintaining recreational supplies.
D. The recreational supplies shall be
adequate and shall be sufficient to accomplish the activities
planned.
E. Appropriate, organized
programs of recreational and social activities shall be provided for all
residents for daytime, evenings, and weekends. Resident participation shall be
based on the resident's therapeutic needs, and shall be documented in the
clinical record. A current month's schedule shall be posted in order for
residents to be made aware of activities offered. This schedule shall include
activities, dates, times, and locations. Schedules of any planned activities
shall be maintained.
F. Program
goals of the facility shall include those activities designed to promote the
growth and development of the residents, regardless of diagnosis or age level.
There shall be positive relationships with community resources, and the
facility staff shall enlist the support of these resources to provide
opportunities for residents to participate in community activities as they are
able. (II)
1. The size and composition of
each living group shall be therapeutically planned and depend on age,
developmental level, sex, and clinical conditions. It shall allow for
appropriate staff-resident interaction, security, close observation, and
support. A written description of the facility's philosophy regarding group
size, group composition and staff involvement, including group management and
supervision, shall be maintained in the facility.
2. Basic routines shall be delineated in a
written plan which shall be available to all personnel. The daily program shall
be planned to provide a consistent, well-structured, yet flexible, framework
for daily living and shall be periodically reviewed and revised as the needs of
the individual resident or living group change. Basic daily routine, as
motivated by the therapeutic needs of the resident, shall be included in the
residents' written treatment plan.
3. Opportunity shall be provided for all
residents to participate in religious services and other religious activities
within the framework of their individual and family interests and based on the
resident's clinical status.
4. Each
South Carolina resident of lawful school age, both with and without
disabilities, residing in a facility shall receive educational services that
meet all applicable federal and state requirements, as determined by the South
Carolina Department of Education (SCDE), from the school district where the
facility is located. If clinically appropriate, the facility school district,
the facility, and the parent or guardian of a school age resident who is
referred to or placed in a facility may consider the appropriateness of
providing the student's education program virtually through enrollment in
either the school district's virtual program, the South Carolina Virtual School
program provided through the SCDE, or a virtual charter school authorized by
the South Carolina Public Charter School District. This decision shall be made
jointly with the best interest of the student and what is clinically indicated
being considered.
5. The facility
shall arrange for or provide vocational or prevocational training for residents
in the facility for whom it is indicated.
a.
If there are plans for work experience developed as part of the resident's
overall treatment plan, the work shall be for payment, as appropriate, and
shall not be for the purpose of the facility's financial gain.
b. Residents shall not be solely responsible
for any major phase of institutional operation or maintenance, such as cooking,
laundering, housekeeping, farming, yard work, or repairing. Residents shall not
be considered as substitutes for employed staff.
c. Attention shall be given to state and
federal employment laws, including wages and hours.
