ARM 37.106.3228. STAFFING

(1) Each facility must maintain the minimum resident to awake-staff ratios: (a) from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., eight residents to one staff; (b) from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., or any other reasonable eight-hour period of time when residents are generally sleeping, 16 residents to one staff; and (c) facilities must have at least one awake night staff in each building housing residents regardless of the number of residents. (2) During regular school hours when residents are not normally present, at least one on-call staff must be available for duty within 30 minutes of notification that they are needed. (3) The facility must have a policy that specifies a nighttime safety protocol that outlines staff responsibility for monitoring the residents. (4) Sufficient staff must be employed to meet the supervision needs of the residents and implement each resident’s individualized case plan. (5) Mental health professionals must be licensed as defined in 53-21-102(12), MCA, and be employed in sufficient number to meet the mental health needs of residents as outlined in the facility description. (6) A registered nurse or licensed practical nurse must be employed to meet the needs of the residents as outlined in the facility description. (7) Any facility that includes in its facility description, marketing, advertising, information packet, or other similar document reference to providing chemical dependency services must employ licensed addiction counselors in sufficient number to meet the needs of the residents.