0465-02-11-.01
Health, Safety, And Welfare Safeguards
Cite as Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0465-02-11-.01
(1)
The facility must provide or procure assistance for the person supported in locating qualified
dental, medical, nursing, and pharmaceutical care including care for emergencies.
(2)
The facility must ensure that each person supported receives an annual physical examination
(unless less often is indicated by the physician of the person supported), which includes
routine screenings (such as vision and hearing) and laboratory examinations (such as Pap
smear, mammogram, prostate screening, and blood work) as determined necessary by the
physician and special studies where the index of suspicion is high.
(3)
The facility must ensure that each person supported receives dental examinations and
treatment as prescribed by the physician.
(4)
The facility must require that a person supported receives immunizations as required by the
Department of Health, unless contraindicated by a doctor’s written orders.
(5)
The facility must ensure that each person supported has a physical examination within the
twelve (12) months prior to admission or within thirty (30) days after admission.
(6)
The facility must ensure that employees practice infection control procedures that will protect
the person supported from infectious diseases.
(7)
The facility must enable the person supported or his/her legal representative (conservator,
parent, guardian, or legal custodian) to choose a personal physician for routine services.
(8)
The facility must insure that appropriate corrective actions have been taken in response to
substantiated abuse or neglect.