Policies And Procedures For Supportive Living Facilities

(1) The facility must maintain a written policies and procedures manual which contains the following elements: (a) A policy and procedures which only allow the admittance of persons who are: 1. Able to perform basic self-help activities including eating and bathing, 2. Able to care for their own possessions and to maintain bedroom or living area in a reasonable state of orderliness and cleanliness. 3. Able to recognize danger or threat to personal safety, 4. Able to live comfortably within any limitations in the structure of the facility, and 5. Generally able to maintain appropriate behaviors tolerable to the community; (b) A policy and procedures which address the method for managing disruptive behavior; and (c) A policy and procedures which state that Physical Holding must be implemented in such a way as to minimize any physical harm to the client and may only be used when the client poses an immediate threat under the following conditions: 1. The client poses an immediate danger to self or others; and/or 2. To prevent the client from causing substantial property damage.