South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-93 - Standards for Licensing Facilities for Chemically Dependent or Addicted Persons
Sec2 61-93.1300 - MEAL SERVICE
Section 61-93.1300.1305 - Menus
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
A. Menus shall be planned and written at a minimum of one (1) week in advance and dated as served. The current week's menu, including routine and special diets and any substitutions or changes made, shall be readily available or posted in one (1) or more conspicuous places in a public area. All substitutions made on the master menu shall be recorded in writing.
B. If the Facility accepts Patients in need of medically-prescribed special diets, the menus for such diets shall be planned by a professionally qualified Dietitian, or shall be reviewed and approved by a Physician or other Authorized Healthcare Provider. The Facility shall maintain documentation that each of these menus has been planned by a Dietitian, a Physician, or other Authorized Healthcare Provider. At a minimum, documentation for each Patient's special diet menu shall include the signature of the Dietitian, the Physician, or other Authorized Healthcare Provider, his or her title, and the date he or she signed the menu.
C. Records of menus as served shall be maintained for at least thirty (30) days.