Minnesota Administrative Rules

9530.6580 POLICY AND PROCEDURES MANUAL.

A license holder must develop a written policy and procedures manual that is alphabetically indexed and has a table of contents, so that staff have immediate access to all policies and procedures and consumers of the services, and other authorized parties, have access to all policies and procedures. The manual must contain the following materials:

A.

a description of client education services as required in part 9530.6530;

B.

personnel policies that comply with part 9530.6570;

C.

admission information and referral and discharge policies that comply with part 9530.6525;

D.

a health monitoring plan that complies with part 9530.6550;

E.

a protective procedures policy that complies with part 9530.6535, if the program elects to use protective procedures;

F.

policies and procedures for assuring appropriate client to staff ratios that comply with part 9530.6560;

G.

policies and procedures for assessing and documenting the susceptibility for risk of abuse to the client and using the client assessment as the basis for the abuse prevention plan required by Minnesota Statutes, section 245A.65;

H.

procedures for mandatory reporting as required by Minnesota Statutes, sections 245A.65, 626.556, and 626.557;

I.

a medication control plan that complies with part 9530.6555; and

J.

policies and procedures regarding HIV that meet the minimum standards under Minnesota Statutes, section 245A.19.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 241.021; 245A.03; 245A.09; 254A.03; 254B.03; 254B.04

History:

29 SR 129; 32 SR 2268

Published Electronically:

October 15, 2013