Chapter 10. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES - HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS: LICENSING

If an assisted living facility is authorized to provide behavioral health services other than behavioral care, a manager shall ensure that: 1. Policies and procedures are established, documented, and implemented that cover when general consent and informed consent are required an…

A. A manager of an assisted living facility authorized to provide personal care services shall not accept or retain a resident who: 1. Is unable to direct self-care; 2. Except as specified in subsection (B), is confined to a bed or chair because of an inability to ambulate even w…

A. A manager shall ensure that a resident's representative is designated for a resident who is unable to direct self-care. B. A manager of an assisted living facility authorized to provide directed care services shall not accept or retain a resident who, except as provided in R9-…

A. A manager shall ensure that: 1. Policies and procedures for medication services include: a. Procedures for preventing, responding to, and reporting a medication error; b. Procedures for responding to and reporting an unexpected reaction to a medication; c. Procedures to ensure…

A. A manager shall ensure that: 1. A food menu: a. Is prepared at least one week in advance, b. Includes the foods to be served each day, c. Is conspicuously posted at least one calendar day before the first meal on the food menu is served, d. Includes any food substitution no la…

A. A manager shall ensure that: 1. A disaster plan is developed, documented, maintained in a location accessible to caregivers and assistant caregivers, and, if necessary, implemented that includes: a. When, how, and where residents will be relocated; b. How a resident's medical …

A. A manager shall ensure that:1. The premises and equipment used at the assisted living facility are: a. Cleaned and, if applicable, disinfected according to policies and procedures designed to prevent, minimize, and control illness or infection; and b. Free from a condition or …

A. A manager shall ensure that an assisted living center complies with the applicable physical plant health and safety codes and standards, incorporated by reference in R9-10-104.01, that: 1. Are applicable to the level of services planned to be provided or being provided; and 2.…

A. A manager shall ensure that an assisted living center complies with the applicable physical plant health and safety codes and standards, incorporated by reference in R9-10-104.01, that: 1. Are applicable to the level of services planned to be provided or being provided; and 2.…

In addition to the definitions in A.R.S. § 36-401 and R9-10-101, the following apply in this Article, unless otherwise specified: 1. "Inpatient care" means postsurgical services provided in a hospital. 2. "Outpatient surgical services" means anesthesia and surgical services provi…

A. A governing authority shall: 1. Consist of one or more individuals responsible for the organization, operation, and administration of an outpatient surgical center; 2. Establish, in writing: a. An outpatient surgical center's scope of services, and b. Qualifications for an adm…

An administrator shall ensure that: 1. A plan is established, documented, and implemented for an ongoing quality management program that, at a minimum, includes: a. A method to identify, document, and evaluate incidents; b. A method to collect data to evaluate services provided t…

An administrator shall ensure that: 1. Contracted services are provided according to the requirements in this Article, and 2. Documentation of current contracted services is maintained that includes a description of the contracted services provided. Notes Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-1…

A. An administrator shall ensure that: 1. The qualifications, skills, and knowledge required for each type of personnel member: a. Are based on: i. The type of physical health services or behavioral health services expected to be provided by the personnel member according to the …

A.A governing authority shall ensure that: 1. The medical staff approve bylaws for the conduct of medical staff activities according to medical staff bylaws and governing authority requirements; B. 2. The medical staff physicians conduct medical peer review according to A.R.S. Ti…

A. A medical staff member shall only admit patients to the outpatient surgical center who: 1. Do not require planned inpatient care, and 2. Are discharged from the outpatient surgical center within 24 hours. B. Within 30 calendar days before a patient is admitted to an outpatient…

Except for a transfer of a patient due to an emergency, an administrator shall ensure that: 1. A personnel member coordinates the transfer and the services provided to the patient; 2. According to policies and procedures: a. An evaluation of the patient is conducted before the tr…

A. An administrator shall ensure that: 1. The requirements in subsection (B) and the patient rights in subsection (C) are conspicuously posted on the premises; 2. At the time of admission, a patient or the patient's representative receives a written copy of the requirements in su…

A. An administrator shall ensure that: 1. A medical record is established and maintained for a patient according to A.R.S. Title 12, Chapter 13, Article 7.1; 2. An entry in a patient's medical record is: a. Recorded only by an individual authorized by policies and procedures to m…

A. An administrator shall ensure that: 1. A current listing of surgical procedures offered by an outpatient surgical center is maintained on the outpatient surgical center's premises, and 2. A chronological register of surgical procedures performed in the outpatient surgical cent…

An administrator shall appoint a registered nurse as the director of nursing who: 1. Is responsible for the management of the outpatient surgical center's nursing services; 2. Ensures that policies and procedures are established, documented, and implemented for nursing services p…

If an outpatient surgical center is authorized to provide behavioral health services, an administrator shall ensure that: 1. Policies and procedures are established, documented, and implemented that cover when informed consent is required and by whom informed consent may be given…

A. An administrator shall ensure that policies and procedures for medication services: 1. Include: a. A process for providing information to a patient about medication prescribed for the patient including: i. The prescribed medication's anticipated results, ii. The prescribed med…

A.An administrator shall ensure that: 1. An infection control program is established, under the direction of an individual qualified according to policies and procedures, to prevent the development and transmission of infections and communicable diseases including: a. A method to…

A. An administrator shall ensure that policies and procedures for providing medical emergency treatment to a patient are established, documented, and implemented and include: 1. A list of the medications, supplies, and equipment required on the premises for the medical emergency …

A. An administrator shall ensure that:1. An outpatient surgical center's premises and equipment are: a. Cleaned and disinfected according to policies and procedures or manufacturer's instructions to prevent, minimize, and control illness or infection; and b. Free from a condition…

A. An administrator shall ensure that the outpatient surgical center complies with the applicable physical plant health and safety codes and standards, incorporated by reference in R9-10-104.01, that were in effect on the date the outpatient surgical center submitted architectura…