California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 8 - Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled › Article 4 - Administration › Section 76523 - Required Committees

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  The facility shall have at least the following multidisciplinary committees:
				  Client Care Policy, Infection Control and Human Rights.
(b) Minutes of every committee meeting shall
				  be maintained in the facility and shall indicate names of members present,
				  date, subject matter discussed and action taken.
(c) Committee organization and structure
				  shall be as follows:
(1) Client Care Policy
				  Committee.
(A) Written client care policies
				  shall be established and followed in the care of clients governing the
				  following services: developmental programming, health support, dietary and
				  pharmaceutical services and such social, therapy and diagnostic services as may
				  be provided and administrative client records and housekeeping
				  functions.
(B) These policies shall
				  be developed by a committee whose membership shall consist of at least one
				  physician, the administrator, the registered nurse in charge of nursing
				  services, a pharmacist, program director, client representative and other
				  members of the interdisciplinary team as may be appropriate.
(C) The committee shall meet at least
				  semiannually.
(D) The client care
				  policy committee shall have overall responsibility for, but not be limited to
				  the following:
1. Develop policies to fulfill
				  the objectives of each service in providing client care.
2. Effectively implement client care
				  policies.
3. Monitor staff
				  performance to ensure that policies are executed.
4. Implement measures to assure the quality
				  of client care.
5. Monitor the
				  staff development program.
6.
				  Review, evaluate and approve all behavior modification programs, which include
				  aversive techniques, prior to and after implementation of such
				  programs.
(E) Client care
				  policies shall be reviewed annually and revised as necessary. Minutes shall
				  list policies reviewed.
(F) The
				  Client Care Policy Committee shall implement the provisions of the Health and
				  Safety Code, Sections
				  1315
				  and
				  1316.5,
				  by means of written policies and procedures.
1. Facilities which choose to allow dentists
				  or clinical psychologists to refer clients for admission shall do so only if
				  there are physicians who will provide the necessary medical care for the
				  referred clients.
2. Only
				  physicians shall assume overall care of clients, including performing admitting
				  history and physical examinations and issuing orders for medical
				  care.
(G) The Client Care
				  Policy Committee shall implement the provision of the Health and Safety Code,
				  Section
				  1316,
				  by means of written policies and procedures.
1. Facilities which choose to allow
				  podiatrists to refer clients for admission shall do so only if a physician
				  provides necessary medical care for the referred client.
2. Only physicians shall assume overall care
				  of clients, including performing admitting history and physical
				  examinations.