Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0465 - Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Subtitle 0465-02 - Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Department of
Chapter 0465-02-11 - Minimum Program Requirements for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Residential Habilitation Facilities/Services
Section 0465-02-11-.01 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE SAFEGUARDS

(1) The facility must provide or procure assistance for the person supported in locating qualified dental, medical, nursing, and pharmaceutical care including care for emergencies.

(2) The facility must ensure that each person supported receives an annual physical examination (unless less often is indicated by the physician of the person supported), which includes routine screenings (such as vision and hearing) and laboratory examinations (such as Pap smear, mammogram, prostate screening, and blood work) as determined necessary by the physician and special studies where the index of suspicion is high.

(3) The facility must ensure that each person supported receives dental examinations and treatment as prescribed by the physician.

(4) The facility must require that a person supported receives immunizations as required by the Department of Health, unless contraindicated by a doctor's written orders.

(5) The facility must ensure that each person supported has a physical examination within the twelve (12) months prior to admission or within thirty (30) days after admission.

(6) The facility must ensure that employees practice infection control procedures that will protect the person supported from infectious diseases.

(7) The facility must enable the person supported or his/her legal representative (conservator, parent, guardian, or legal custodian) to choose a personal physician for routine services.

(8) The facility must insure that appropriate corrective actions have been taken in response to substantiated abuse or neglect.