Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R432 - Health Care Facility Licensing
Rule R432-152 - Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
Section R432-152-30 - Respite Care
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 432-152-30
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) An Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities licensee may provide respite services that comply with the following requirements:
(a) the purpose of respite is to provide
intermittent, time-limited care to give primary caretakers relief from the
demands of caring for a person;
(b)
respite services may be provided at an hourly rate or daily rate, but shall not
exceed 14-days for any single respite stay;
(c) the licensee shall coordinate the
delivery of respite services with the recipient of services, case manager and
the family member or primary caretaker;
(d) the licensee shall document the person's
response to the respite placement and coordinate with provider agencies to
ensure an uninterrupted service delivery program;
(e) the licensee shall complete a service
agreement to serve as the plan of care, and shall identify the prescribed
medications, physician treatment orders, need for assistance for activities of
daily living and diet orders;
(f)
the licensee shall have written policies and procedures available to staff
regarding the respite care clients that include:
(i) medication administration;
(ii) notification of a responsible party in
the case of an emergency;
(iii)
service agreement and admission criteria;
(iv) behavior management
interventions;
(v) philosophy of
respite services;
(vi) post-service
summary;
(vii) training and
in-service requirement for employees; and
(viii) handling personal funds;
(g) the licensee shall provide
persons receiving respite services a copy of the resident rights documents upon
initial day of service and updated annually; and
(h) the licensee shall maintain a record for
each person receiving respite services that ensures:
(i) retention and storage of records complies
with Subsections R432-152-29(3) and
(4); and
(ii) confidentiality and release of
information complies with Subsection
R432-150-24(3).
(2) The licensee shall ensure each record contains the following:
(a) a service
agreement;
(b) demographic
information and resident identification data;
(c) nursing notes;
(d) physician treatment orders;
(e) records made by staff regarding daily
care of the person in-service;
(f)
accident and injury reports; and
(g) a post-service summary.
(3) The licensee shall file any client's advanced directive in the client record and inform staff of the directive.
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