NAC 449.3973 — Agency to Provide Personal Care Services in the Home: Qualifications and duties of administrator; appointment of designee to act in administrator's absence

What this rule requires your agency to do

• 1The administrator must develop and implement policies and procedures for the agency, including policies concerning terminating personal care services to a client (NAC 449.3973(2)(f)).(NAC 449.3973 — Agency to Provide Personal Care Services in the Home: Qualifications and duties of administrator; appointment of designee to act in administrator's absence)
• 2The administrator shall ensure clients are not abused, neglected or exploited by an attendant, staff member, or visitor present while staff are present, and that suspected cases of abuse, neglect or exploitation are reported as prescribed in NRS 200.5093 and 632.472 (NAC 449.3973(4)).(NAC 449.3973 — Agency to Provide Personal Care Services in the Home: Qualifications and duties of administrator; appointment of designee to act in administrator's absence)
• 3The administrator must demonstrate to the Division upon request that the agency has sufficient resources and capability to satisfy each client's requests related to personal care services in the service plan (NAC 449.3973(2)(h)).(NAC 449.3973 — Agency to Provide Personal Care Services in the Home: Qualifications and duties of administrator; appointment of designee to act in administrator's absence)
• 4The administrator must designate one or more employees to be in charge of the agency when the administrator is absent (NAC 449.3973(2)(g)).(NAC 449.3973 — Agency to Provide Personal Care Services in the Home: Qualifications and duties of administrator; appointment of designee to act in administrator's absence)
• 5The administrator must ensure that only trained attendants provide services to clients and that services are provided in accordance with the client's functional assessment, service plan, and agency policies and procedures (NAC 449.3973(2)(b)).(NAC 449.3973 — Agency to Provide Personal Care Services in the Home: Qualifications and duties of administrator; appointment of designee to act in administrator's absence)
• 6The administrator must employ qualified personnel and ensure such personnel receive all training required by this chapter and chapter 449 of NRS (NAC 449.3973(2)(a)).(NAC 449.3973 — Agency to Provide Personal Care Services in the Home: Qualifications and duties of administrator; appointment of designee to act in administrator's absence)
• 7The administrator shall represent the licensee in daily operation and shall appoint a person to exercise the administrator's authority in the administrator's absence (NAC 449.3973(2)).(NAC 449.3973 — Agency to Provide Personal Care Services in the Home: Qualifications and duties of administrator; appointment of designee to act in administrator's absence)
• 8The administrator of an agency must be at least 18 years of age, hold a high school diploma or its equivalent, be responsible and mature with personal qualities enabling understanding of elderly persons and persons with disabilities, understand this chapter and chapter 449 of NRS, and demonstrate ability to read, write, speak and understand English (NAC 449.3973(1)).(NAC 449.3973 — Agency to Provide Personal Care Services in the Home: Qualifications and duties of administrator; appointment of designee to act in administrator's absence)