Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-2105 - Personnel

A. An administrator shall ensure that:

1. The qualifications, skills, and knowledge required for each type of personnel member:

a. Are based on:

i. The type of physical health services or behavioral health services expected to be provided by the personnel member according to the established job description, and

ii. The acuity of the patients receiving physical health services or behavioral health services from the personnel member according to the established job description; and

b. Include:

i. The specific skills and knowledge necessary for the personnel member to provide the expected physical health services and behavioral health services listed in the established job description,

ii. The type and duration of education that may allow the personnel member to have acquired the specific skills and knowledge for the personnel member to provide the expected physical health services or behavioral health services listed in the established job description, and

iii. The type and duration of experience that may allow the personnel member to have acquired the specific skills and knowledge for the personnel member to provide the expected physical health services or behavioral health services listed in the established job description;

2. A personnel member's skills and knowledge are verified and documented:

a. Before the personnel member provides physical health services or behavioral health services, and

b. According to policies and procedures; and

3. Sufficient personnel members are present on a recovery care center's premises with the qualifications, skills, and knowledge necessary to:

a. Provide the services in the recovery care center's scope of services,

b. Meet the needs of a patient, and

c. Ensure the health and safety of a patient.

B. An administrator shall ensure that an individual who is a baccalaureate social worker, master social worker, associate marriage and family therapist, associate counselor, or associate substance abuse counselor is under direct supervision as defined in 4 A.A.C. 6, Article 1.

C. An administrator shall ensure that a personnel member, or an employee or a volunteer who has or is expected to have direct interaction with a patient, provides evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis:

1. On or before the date the individual begins providing services at or on behalf of the recovery care center, and

2. As specified in R9-10-113.

D. An administrator shall ensure that a personnel record is maintained for each personnel member, employee, volunteer, or student that includes:

1. The individual's name, date of birth, and contact telephone number;

2. The individual's starting date of employment or volunteer service and, if applicable, the ending date; and

3. Documentation of:

a. The individual's qualifications, including skills and knowledge applicable to the employee's job duties;

b. The individual's education and experience applicable to the employee's job duties;

c. The individual's completed orientation and in-service education as required by policies and procedures;

d. The individual's license or certification, if the individual is required to be licensed or certified in this Article or policies and procedures;

e. The individual's compliance with the requirements in A.R.S. § 36-411;

f. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, if required for the individual, according to R9-10-2102(C)(1)(e);

g. First aid training, if the individual is required to have according to this Article and policies and procedures; and

h. Evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis, if required for the individual according to subsection (C).

E. An administrator shall ensure that personnel records are:

1. Maintained:

a. Throughout the individual's period of providing services in or for the recovery care center, and

b. For at least 24 months after the last date the individual provided services in or for the recovery care center; and

2. For a personnel member who has not provided physical health services or behavioral health services at or for the recovery care center during the previous 12 months, provided to the Department within 72 hours after the Department's request.

F. An administrator shall ensure that:

1. A plan to provide orientation specific to the duties of a personnel member, an employee, a volunteer, and a student is developed, documented, and implemented;

2. A personnel member completes orientation before providing behavioral health services or physical health services;

3. An individual's orientation is documented, to include:

a. The individual's name,

b. The date of the orientation, and

c. The subject or topics covered in the orientation;

4. A director of nursing develops, documents, and implements a plan to provide in-service education specific to the duties of a personnel member;

5. A personnel member's in-service education is documented, to include:

a. The personnel member's name,

b. The date of the training, and

c. The subject or topics covered in the training; and

6. A work schedule of each personnel member is developed and maintained at the recovery care center for at least 12 months from the date of the work schedule.

G. An administrator shall ensure that a nursing personnel member:

1. Is 18 years of age or older,

2. Is certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation within the first month of employment,

3. Maintains current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and

4. Attends additional orientation that includes patient care and infection control policies and procedures.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-2105

Renumbered from R9-10-505 by final rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 1222, effective 4/25/2019