Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL › Part I - General Administration › Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification › Chapter 78 - Pain Management Clinics › Subchapter C - Clinic Administration › Section I-7832 - Administrator

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The pain
					 management clinic shall have an administrator designated by the governing body
					 who is responsible for the day-to-day management, supervision, and non-medical
					 operation of the clinic. The administrator shall be available during the
					 designated business hours. The provisions of this Chapter do not prohibit the
					 medical director dually serving as the administrator.
1. Qualifications. The administrator shall be
					 at least 18 years of age and possess a high school diploma or
					 equivalent.
2. The pain management
					 clinic shall designate a person to act in the administrators absence, and shall
					 ensure this person meets the qualifications of the administrator pursuant to
					 this Chapter. The pain management clinic shall maintain documentation on the
					 licensed premises identifying this person and evidence of their
					 qualifications.
3. Duties and
					 Responsibilities. The administrator shall be responsible for:
a. employing licensed and non-licensed
					 qualified personnel to provide the medical and clinical care services to meet
					 the needs of the patients being served;
b. ensuring that upon hire and prior to
					 providing care to patients, each employee is provided with orientation,
					 training, and evaluation for competency as provided in this Chapter;
c. ensuring that written policies and
					 procedures for the management of medical emergencies are developed,
					 implemented, monitored, enforced, and annually reviewed, and readily accessible
					 to all staff;
d. ensuring that
					 disaster plans for both internal and external occurrences are developed,
					 implemented, monitored, enforced, and annually reviewed and that annual
					 emergency preparedness drills are held in accordance with the disaster plan.
					 The pain management clinic shall maintain documentation on the licensed
					 premises indicating the date, type of drill, participants, and
					 materials;
e. maintaining current
					 credentialing and/or personnel files on each employee that shall include
					 documentation of the following:
i. a
					 completed employment application;
ii.
					  job description;
iii.
					 a copy of current health screening reports conducted in accordance with the
					 clinics policies and procedures and in compliance with all applicable federal,
					 state, and local statutes, laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances, including
					 department rules, and regulations;
iv. documentation that each employee has
					 successfully completed orientation, training, and evaluation for competency
					 related to each job skill as delineated in their respective job description;
					 and
v. documentation that all
					 licensed nurses, if employed, shall:
(a).
					 have successfully completed a Basic Life Support course; and
(b). be in good standing and hold current
					 licensure with their respective state nurse licensing board;
f. ensuring all
					 credentialing and/or personnel files are current and maintained on the licensed
					 premises at all times, including but not limited to, documentation of employee
					 health screening reports; and
g.
					 ensuring that appropriate law enforcement agency(s) are notified when it has
					 been determined that a staff member has been diverting drugs or participating
					 in the illegal use of drugs.