Minnesota Administrative Rules

9570.2400 ADMISSION, TRANSFER, AND DISCHARGE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

The program's admission, transfer, and discharge policies and procedures shall:

A.

provide for participation by the resident and/or parent, guardian, or a designated representative in all such decisions;

B.

include an initial and periodic assessment of all relevant physical, emotional, social, cognitive, vocational, and other significant factors by program staff and the appropriate active community service representatives;

C.

prohibit discrimination in all such considerations on the basis of race, color, religion, nationality, or sex where it is the general policy of the program to serve persons of both sexes;

D.

insure that adequate information about the facility and its program is disseminated to all interested and involved parties; and

E.

base all such decisions on the individual program needs of the present or prospective resident and their compatibility with the facility's capacity to formally arrange or directly provide program resources and the facility's physical and spatial constraints.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 245A.09

History:

13 SR 1448; 17 SR 1279

Published Electronically:

October 11, 2007