50-01.1-08. Standards of administration - Action upon failure to administer

50-01.1-08. Standards of administration - Action upon failure to administer 1. The department shall adopt standards for administration for human services and shall provide training for the implementation of those standards. Each human service zone shall provide for administration of human services that meet those standards. 2. The department shall develop a system of progressive discipline to address performance issues within the human service zone, including a grievance process. The system shall reserve the most serious actions for severe or chronic failure to meet the standards adopted under subsection 1. 3. The department shall provide ongoing performance notifications to the human service zone board and human service zone director related to the overall compliance with the standards of administration. 4. If a human service zone fails to provide for administration of human services that meet the standards adopted under subsection 1, the department may take any of the following actions: a. Provide training to the persons responsible for administration. b. Require the human service zone to prepare and implement a corrective action plan. c. Rescind, terminate, or modify a human service zone, agreement, or plan which may include requiring the reconstituting of the human service zone board or rehiring of a human service zone director as part of a new or modified agreement or plan. d. Recalculate and adjust the human service zone's payments. e. Recommend disciplinary action to the human service zone director or the human service zone board.