N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 10 § 415.16 - Rehabilitative services
Facilities shall provide or obtain rehabilitative services such as audiology, speech therapy, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy for every resident it admits in accordance with the resident's comprehensive plan of care to obtain or maintain the highest practicable physical well-being in accordance with generally accepted standards of rehabilitative care and services.
(a) Provision of services. If specialized
rehabilitative services are required in the resident's comprehensive plan of
care, the facility shall:
(1) provide the
required services; or
(2) obtain
the required services from an outside resource, in accordance with section
400.4 of this Title, who is a
provider of specialized rehabilitative services.
(b) Qualifications. Specialized
rehabilitative services shall be provided by qualified personnel pursuant to
the written order of a physician.
(c) Organization. The facility shall
designate an occupational therapist, physical therapist and speech-pathologist
to assist the facility in the development and implementation, in cooperation
with nursing and medical services, of written policies and procedures for
rehabilitative services within the facility which:
(1) establish restorative and maintenance
rehabilitation as components of interdisciplinary resident care planning and
treatment;
(2) establish a system
of determining rehabilitative goals for each resident based on the resident's
need relative to his or her physical and mental level of functioning, the
overall plan of care for the resident and the resident preferences. These
treatment goals shall range on a continuum, progressing from all specialized
restorative rehabilitative services to routine maintenance rehabilitation;
and
(3) establish a system to
monitor the maintenance of optimum levels of functioning for those residents
who have been discharged from a formal rehabilitative program and who are on a
maintenance program primarily provided by nursing staff on the floor.
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