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Nev. Admin. Code § 449.3974 - Maintenance of written policies and procedures concerning qualifications, responsibilities and conditions of employment for staff members (agency to provide personal care services in the home)

NevadaregulationNevada Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC) / State Board of Health· effective 2008-01-30

What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1The agency must maintain the required policies and procedures in writing and review and revise them as needed. (NAC 449.3974)(Nev. Admin. Code § 449.3974 - Maintenance of written policies and procedures concerning qualifications, responsibilities and conditions of employment for staff members (agency to provide personal care services in the home))
  • 2The agency must provide for the maintenance of current personnel records which confirm that the policies and procedures, including emergency-response policies, are being followed. (NAC 449.3974(12))(Nev. Admin. Code § 449.3974 - Maintenance of written policies and procedures concerning qualifications, responsibilities and conditions of employment for staff members (agency to provide personal care services in the home))
  • 3The agency must maintain written policies and procedures that set forth the agency's emergency responses to both medical and nonmedical situations. (NAC 449.3974(9))(Nev. Admin. Code § 449.3974 - Maintenance of written policies and procedures concerning qualifications, responsibilities and conditions of employment for staff members (agency to provide personal care services in the home))
  • 4The agency must make the written policies and procedures available to attendants and other staff upon hire and whenever revisions are made to those policies and procedures. (NAC 449.3974)(Nev. Admin. Code § 449.3974 - Maintenance of written policies and procedures concerning qualifications, responsibilities and conditions of employment for staff members (agency to provide personal care services in the home))
  • 5The agency's written policies must set forth the roles of the agency and any coordination the agency will provide with services provided by other community service agencies (relevant during emergencies). (NAC 449.3974(10))(Nev. Admin. Code § 449.3974 - Maintenance of written policies and procedures concerning qualifications, responsibilities and conditions of employment for staff members (agency to provide personal care services in the home))

Applies to: personal care / home care (agency to provide personal care services in the home)

Nevada requires each licensed agency to provide personal care services in the home to maintain written policies and procedures for staff, which must (among other items) set forth the agency's emergency responses to both medical and nonmedical situations. This is the operative emergency-preparedness obligation for Nevada personal care agencies; there is no separate stand-alone disaster-plan regulation for this provider type. Adopted by the Board of Health via R182-07, effective 1-30-2008.

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