Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 481 - Inspections and Appeals Department › Inspections Division › Chapter 64 - Intermediate Care Facilities for the Intellectually Disabled › Rule 481-64.4 - General Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) The
				license shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in the facility which is
				viewed by the public. (III)
(2) The
				license shall be valid only in the possession of the licensee to whom it is
				issued.
(3) The posted license
				shall accurately reflect the current status of the intermediate care facility
				for the intellectually disabled. (III)
(4) Licenses expire one year after the date
				of issuance or as indicated on the license.
(5) Each citation or a copy of each citation
				issued by the department for a Class I or Class II violation shall be
				prominently posted by the facility in plain view of the residents, visitors,
				and persons inquiring about placement in the facility. The citation or copy of
				the citation shall remain posted until the violation is corrected to the
				satisfaction of the department. (III)
(6) The facility shall have in effect a
				transfer agreement with one or more hospitals sufficiently close to the
				facility to make feasible the transfer between them of residents and their
				records. (III) Any facility which does not have such an agreement in effect but
				has attempted in good faith to enter into such an agreement with a hospital
				shall be considered to have such an agreement so long as it is in the public
				interest and essential to ensuring intermediate care facility for the
				intellectually disabled services for eligible persons in the
				community.
(7) A resident's
				personal funds and property shall not be used without the written consent of
				the resident or the resident's guardian. (II)
(8) A resident's personal funds and property
				shall be returned to the resident when the funds or property have been used
				without the written consent of the resident or the resident's guardian. The
				department may report findings that funds or property have been used without
				written consent to the audits division or the local law enforcement agency, as
				appropriate. (II)
(9) A properly
				trained person shall be charged with the responsibility of administering
				non-parenteral medications.
a. The individual
				shall have knowledge of the purpose of the drugs, their dangers, and
				contraindications.
b. This person
				shall be a licensed nurse or physician or shall have successfully completed a
				department-approved medication aide course or passed a department-approved
				medication aide challenge examination administered by an area community
				college.
c. A person who is a
				nursing student or a graduate nurse may take the challenge examination in place
				of taking a medication aide course. This individual shall do all of the
				following before taking the medication aide challenge examination:
(1) Complete a clinical or nursing theory
				course within six months before taking the challenge examination;
(2) Successfully complete a nursing program
				pharmacology course within one year before taking the challenge
				examination;
(3) Provide to the
				community college a written statement from the nursing program's pharmacology
				or clinical instructor indicating the individual is competent in medication
				administration. (4) Successfully complete a department-approved nurse aide
				competency evaluation.
d. A person who has written documentation of
				certification as a medication aide in another state may become a medication
				aide in Iowa by successfully completing a department-approved nurse aide
				competency examination and a medication aide challenge examination.