LAC 48:I.4745. Number and Qualifications of Staff

A. A provider shall employ a sufficient number of qualified staff and delegate sufficient authority to such staff to ensure that the responsibilities the provider undertakes are carried out, and to adequately perform the following functions: 1. administrative functions; 2. fiscal functions; 3. clerical functions; 4. direct client service functions; 5. supervisory functions; 6. recordkeeping and reporting functions; 7. social service functions; 8. ancillary service functions. B. A provider shall not knowingly hire, or continue to employ, any person whose health, educational achievement, emotional or psychological make-up impairs his/her ability to properly protect the health and safety of the clients, or is such that it would endanger the physical or psychological well-being of the clients. This requirement is not to be interpreted to exclude continued employment in other than direct service capacities of persons undergoing temporary medical or emotional problems.