North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 75 - Department of Human Services › Article 75-05 - Human Service Center Licensure Standards › Chapter 75-05-03 - Clinical Services › Section 75-05-03-03 - Extended care services

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Community
				residential services.
a. The regional
				director shall designate a community living supervisor to supervise the
				community residential services.
b.
				The human service center shall provide or contract for at least two of the
				following services:
(1) SMI group care.
(a) SMI group care facilities must:
[1] House no more than sixteen
				consumers;
[2] Have the ability to
				house both male and female consumers while accommodating privacy for
				individuals;
[3] Provide at least
				one full bathroom, consisting of at least a sink, toilet, and shower, for every
				four consumers;
[4] Have bedrooms
				which are outside rooms with a window that is in good working order and may
				operate as a secondary exit from the room, accommodate one or two consumers,
				provide each consumer with a bed appropriate for the consumer's size and
				weight, with a clean and comfortable mattress, bedding appropriate for weather
				and climate, and provide other appropriate bedroom furniture;
[5] Comply with the provisions of the chapter
				governing lodging or rooming houses as outlined in the most recent edition of
				the national fire protection association's life safety code; and
[6] Have an annual fire and safety inspection
				by the state or local fire marshal's office or other accepted local
				authority.
(b) The staff
				of the SMI group care facility shall:
[1]
				Assure that the consumer's individual plan includes input from the community
				home counselors and the residential treatment team.
[2] Maintain an inventory of the consumer's
				personal belongings when the consumer enters the SMI group care
				facility.
(c) A brochure
				of consumers' rights according to section 75-05-01-10 must be given to all new
				residents of the SMI group care facility upon admission and explained in terms
				the resident can understand.
(2) Semi-independent living arrangement. A
				semi-independent living arrangement is one which, through the use of intensive,
				in-home support services, gives a consumer the ability to reside in the
				consumer's own home.
(a) The human service
				center shall develop policies and procedures which facilitate conformance with
				all local building and fire safety codes to encourage that safe and sanitary
				conditions are maintained.
(b)
				Human service center staff shall develop policies and procedures to ensure that
				semi-independent living services are being provided in the consumer's
				residence.
(c) An evaluation of the
				consumer's progress in semi-independent living services must be documented in
				the consumer's record on at least a monthly basis or in response to a
				significant event that has an impact on life domains.
(3) Crisis residential services.
(a) Human service center staff shall develop
				policies and procedures to assure that safe and effective crisis residential
				services are provided.
(b) Human
				service center staff shall document the consumer's progress, or lack thereof,
				on a daily basis.