Code of Maine Rules › 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › 144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL › Chapter 118 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE LICENSING AND FUNCTIONING OF INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION › Chapter 7 - ADMISSION, DISCHARGE AND TRANSFER › Section 144-118-7.B - Program Implementation

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
09/01/07 7.B.1. Upon admission, the active treatment
					 program shall:
a. Establish uniform
				  approaches to be used consistently across disciplines and
				  environments;
b. Be carried out
				  with suitable communication across disciplines and environments;
c. Be implemented to ensure that each
				  discipline working with the client integrates, as appropriate, other
				  disciplines' objectives and techniques;
d. Be coordinated with other habilitative and
				  training activities in which the client may participate outside of the
				  facility, and vice versa.
09/01/07 7.B.2. Transfer or Discharge to Another
					 Home
09/01/07 a. The facility shall establish procedures for
					 counseling a client and/or guardian concerning the advantages and disadvantages
					 of a requested move.
09/01/07 b. Planning for the move of a client shall include
					 arranging for appropriate services in the client's new environment, and shall
					 be done in accordance with the client's IDT.
09/01/07 c. When a client moves, the facility making the
					 transfer shall document in the client's record:
1. The reason for the transfer; and
2. A summary of status, progress and plans.
09/01/07 d. Except in an emergency, the facility making the
					 transfer shall inform the client and/or the guardian at least thirty (30) days
					 in advance and obtain written consent to the transfer or discharge.
09/01/07 e. On the death of a client residing in the
					 facility:
1. The facility shall
				  promptly notify the client's next of kin and/or guardian;
2. The facility shall advise the next of kin
				  and/or guardian of his/her right to request the autopsy findings if one is
				  performed;
09/01/07 3. The physician will write an order for the
					 release of the body, and
09/01/07 4. The mortician will sign for receipt of the
					 body.
09/01/07 5. All personal funds will be refunded to
					 responsible estate within 30 days.
09/01/07 7.B.3. Transfer to a Hospital
a. The facility shall have in effect a
				  transfer agreement with one or more hospitals sufficiently close:
1. To make feasible the prompt transfer of
				  the client; and
2. To support a
				  working arrangement between the facility and the hospital for providing
				  hospital services to clients when needed.
b. The transfer agreement must provide:
1. For the transfer of written information
				  pertaining to the care which the client has been receiving; and
2. For the transfer of written information
				  relative to personal effects of significant value.
09/01/07 7.B.4. At the time of discharge the facility
					 personnel shall:
a. Place in the
				  client's record:
1. Physician's discharge
				  order and final summary;
2.
				  Disposition of personal possessions;
3. Physician's order and disposition of
				  medications; and
4. Evidence of
				  transfer of personal funds.