LAC 48:I.5519. Personnel Policies

A. The hiring, assignment, and promotion of employees shall be based on their qualifications and abilities, without regard to sex, race, color, creed, age, ethnic or national origin. Written job descriptions shall be available for all positions. Licensure, certification, or standards such as are required in community practice shall be required for all comparable positions in the facility. These ethical standards of professional conduct, as developed by professional societies, shall be recognized as applying in the facility. There shall be an authorized procedure, consistent with due process, for suspension and/or dismissal of an employee for cause. The facility's personnel policies and practices are in writing and are available to all its employees. B. Staffing shall be sufficient so that the facility is not dependent upon the use of residents or volunteers for productive services. There shall be a written policy to protect residents from exploitation when engaged in productive work. C. Appropriate to the size and nature of the facility there shall be a staff training program that includes: 1. orientation for all new employees to acquaint them with the philosophy, organization, program practices, and goals of the facility; 2. inservice training for employees who have not achieved the desired level of competence and continuous inservice training to update and improve the skills and competencies of all employees; 3. supervisory and management training for all employees in, or candidates for, supervisory positions; 4. an individual designated the responsibility for staff development and training; 5. minutes of training sessions which indicate the subjects covered in the session, the names of the staff members in attendance and the date of the session; 6. written policies must be in effect to insure that employees with symptoms or signs of communicable disease are not permitted to work.