NDAC 75-03-40-42
Medical
Cite as N.D. Admin. Code ยง 75-03-40-42
1.
The facility shall adopt a comprehensive written plan of preventive, routine, and emergency
medical care for residents, including first aid, dental, optical care, and administration of
prescription and nonprescription medicine. If a resident is due for a medical examination, the
facility shall arrange for a physical examination within seven days of admission and for a
dental or optical examination, if needed, within ninety days of admission. The facility shall
arrange and provide for necessary remedial and corrective measures for every resident as
soon as possible after an examination indicates a need.
2.
The facility shall have policies governing the use of psychotropic medications.
3.
The facility shall have a plan to separate an ill resident from other residents only if necessary,
because of the severity of the illness and it is contagious or infectious.
4.
The facility shall have a policy to prevent transmission of infection from all blood or other body
fluid exposures, and all personnel shall be aware of and follow policy related to universal
precautions.
5.
The facility shall have a first aid kit on each level of the building housing residents, in buildings
where resident activities take place, and in every vehicle used to transport residents. The first
aid kit must be placed where it is inaccessible to residents, but accessible to personnel. A first
aid kit must be inventoried and resupplied after each use.
6.
The facility shall have a suicide prevention kit on each level of the building housing residents;
including a cut down tool. The kit must be placed where it is inaccessible to residents, but
accessible and readily available to personnel. A kit must be inventoried and resupplied after
each use.