Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0465 - Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Subtitle 0465-02 - Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Department of
Chapter 0465-02-12 - Minimum Program Requirements for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Boarding Home Facilities
Section 0465-02-12-.03 - PERSONNEL AND STAFFING
Current through September 24, 2024
(1) The facility must provide one (1) direct support staff member for each ten (10) persons supported present in the facility.
(2) Persons supported are never to be left unattended in the facility.
(3) Employees shall be screened or tested for tuberculosis according to the procedures of the Tennessee Department of Health. Documentation of such screening or testing shall be maintained in the employee's personnel file.
(4) The facility must ensure that employees practice infection control procedures that will protect persons supported from infectious diseases.
(5) Employees must be provided with a basic orientation in the proper management of seizure disorders for persons supported prior to being assigned to work.
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-4-103, 4-5-202, 33-1-201, 33-1-302, 33-1-303, 33-1-305, 33-1-309, 33-2-301, 33-2-302, 33-2-404, 33-2-407.
