Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R432 - Health Care Facility Licensing
Rule R432-151 - Mental Disease Facility
Section R432-151-6 - Program Standards
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Each resident shall receive individualized treatment, which includes at least the following:
(2) The facility shall develop policies to assure that services are provided with sufficient resources (such as program funds, staff, equipment, supplies, and space) to meet resident needs.
(3) The facility shall maintain programs, beds, and services that are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
(4) Written policies and procedures shall define what action is to be taken when maladaptive behavior exceeds criteria for program participation.
(5) Services not directly provided within the facility must have written agreements or arrangements to obtain such services whenever they are authorized or prescribed. Such services may include special assessments or therapeutic treatment programs.
(6) The facility shall establish written policies and procedures which include:
(7) The facility shall develop job descriptions to delineate the roles and responsibilities of team members and to establish supervisory and organizational relationships.
(8) The professional staff shall determine qualifications required to assume specific responsibilities. Individual personnel files shall contain documentation to verify whether health care staff meet state and local requirements for certificates, licenses, or registrations.
(9) There shall be a written and dated consent form signed by the resident or the resident's legal guardian for the use of, participation in, or performance of the following:
(10) The resident shall be allowed visitors, regardless of age, unless such visits are clinically contraindicated, and if so, the reasons must be documented by the professionals who made this decision.
(11) Areas shall be provided for residents to visit in private, unless such privacy is contraindicated and documented in the resident's record and plan of treatment.