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

A. An administrator may discharge a participant from an adult day health care facility by terminating the agreement in R9-10-1107(B): 1. After giving the participant or participant’s representative five working days written notice; and 2. For any of the following reasons: a. Evid…

A. If the Department determines that an applicant or licensee is violating applicable statutes or rules, the Department may take action according to A.R.S. Title 36, Chapter 4, R9-10-112 or, Table 1.2. B. The Department may impose civil money penalties on a licensed health care i…

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

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

A. A participants’ council: 1. Is composed of participants, who are willing to serve on the council and take part in scheduled meetings; 2. May develop guidelines that govern the council’s activities; 3. May meet quarterly; 4. May record minutes of the meetings; and 5. May provid…

A. An administrator shall ensure that a personnel member provides supervision for a participant, except during periods of the day when the participant signs out or is signed out according to policies and procedures. B. An administrator shall ensure that a personnel member provide…

A. An administrator shall: 1. Designate a food service supervisor who is responsible for food service in an adult day health care facility; and 2. If an adult day health care facility provides a therapeutic diet to participants, ensure that: a. The therapeutic diet is prescribed …

A. An administrator shall ensure that: 1. A disaster plan is developed, documented, maintained in a location accessible to personnel members and employees, and, if necessary, implemented that includes: a. Procedures for protecting the health and safety of participants and other i…

A. An administrator shall ensure that: 1. The adult day health care facility’s premises are: a. Cleaned and disinfected according to policies and procedures to prevent, minimize, and control illness and infection; and b. Free from a condition or situation that may cause a partici…

A. An administrator shall ensure that an adult day health care facility complies with the physical plant health and safety codes and standards incorporated by reference in R9-10-104.01, in effect on the date the adult day health care facility submitted the application including t…

Historical Note Adopted effective September 2, 1977 (Supp. 77-5). Repealed effective July 22, 1994 (Supp. 94-3).

Historical Note Adopted effective September 2, 1977 (Supp. 77-5). Repealed effective July 22, 1994 (Supp. 94-3).

A. The Department may deny, revoke, or suspend a license to operate a health care institution if an applicant, a licensee, or a controlling person of the health care institution: 1. Provides false or misleading information to the Department; 2. Has had in any state or jurisdictio…

Historical Note Adopted effective September 2, 1977 (Supp. 77-5). Repealed effective July 22, 1994 (Supp. 94-3).

Historical Note Adopted effective September 2, 1977 (Supp. 77-5). Repealed effective July 22, 1994 (Supp. 94-3).

Historical Note Adopted effective September 2, 1977 (Supp. 77-5). Repealed effective July 22, 1994 (Supp. 94-3).

Historical Note Adopted effective September 2, 1977 (Supp. 77-5). Repealed effective July 22, 1994 (Supp. 94-3).

Historical Note Adopted effective September 2, 1977 (Supp. 77-5). Repealed effective July 22, 1994 (Supp. 94-3).

Historical Note Adopted effective September 2, 1977 (Supp. 77-5). Repealed effective July 22, 1994 (Supp. 94-3).

Historical Note Adopted effective September 2, 1977 (Supp. 77-5). Repealed effective July 22, 1994 (Supp. 94-3).

ARTICLE 12. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES Article 12, consisting of Sections R9-10-1201 through R9-10-1230, repealed by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3721, effective August 9, 2002 (Supp. 02-3). Article 12, consisting of Sections R9-10-1201 through R9-10-1230, adopted effective February 4,…

A. If a health care institution is subject to the requirements of this Section, as specified in an Article in this Chapter, the health care institution’s chief administrative officer shall ensure that the health care institution establishes, documents, and implements tuberculosis…

A. The following definitions apply in this Section: 1. “Assess” means collecting data about a patient by: a. Obtaining a history of the patient, b. Listening to the patient’s heart and lungs, and c. Checking the patient for edema. 2. “Blood-flow rate” means the quantity of blood …

If a health care institution is a behavioral health facility or is authorized by the Department to provide behavioral health services, an administrator shall ensure that: 1. Policies and procedures are established, documented, and implemented that: a. Delineate the services a beh…

A. For the purposes of this Section, “agency” means an entity other than a nursing care institution that provides the nutrition and feeding assistant training required in A.R.S. § 36-413. B. An agency shall apply for approval to operate a nutrition and feeding assistant training …

Historical Note Adopted effective February 4, 1981 (Supp. 81-1). Section repealed by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3559, effective August 1, 2002 (Supp. 02-3). New Section made by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). Section R9-10-117 renumb…

A. An administrator of a collaborating health care institution shall ensure that: 1. A list is maintained of adult behavioral health therapeutic homes and behavioral health respite homes for which the collaborating health care institution serves as a collaborating health care ins…

A. A licensed health care institution where abortions are performed shall submit to the Department, in a Department-provided format and according to A.R.S. § 36-2161(D) and (E), a report that contains the information required in A.R.S. § 36-2161(A) and the following: 1. The final…

A. This Section does not apply to a health care institution licensed under Article 20 of this Chapter. B. In addition to the definitions in A.R.S. §§ 32-3248.01 and 36-401(A) and R9-10-101, the following definitions apply in this Section: 1. “Episode of care” means medical servic…

In addition to the definitions in A.R.S. §§ 36-401, 36-151 and R9-10-101, the following apply in this Article, unless otherwise specified: 1. “Branch office” means a location other than a home health agency’s main administrative office that: a. Operates under the license of the h…

In addition to the license application requirements in A.R.S. § 36-422 and R9-10-105, an applicant for a license as a home health agency shall: 1. Include on the application: a. The name and address of each proposed branch office, if applicable; and b. The geographic region to be…

A. A governing authority shall: 1. Consist of one or more individuals responsible for the organization, operation, and administration of the home health agency; 2. Establish, in writing: a. A home health agency’s scope of services, and b. Qualifications for an administrator; 3. D…

An administrator shall ensure that: 1. A plan for a quality management program for the home health agency is established, documented, and implemented that includes: a. A method to identify, document, and evaluate incidents; b. A method to collect data to evaluate the provision of…

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. Historical Note Section made b…

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 services expected to be provided by the personnel member according to the established job description, and ii. The acuit…

A. An administrator shall ensure that a care plan is developed for each patient: 1. Based on an assessment of the patient as required in R9-10-1210(D)(1) or (F)(2)(e)(i); 2. With participation from: a. The patient’s physician, registered nurse practitioner, or podiatrist, as appl…

A. An administrator shall ensure that: 1. The requirements in subsection (B) and the patient rights in subsection (C) are conspicuously posted at the home health agency’s administrative office; 2. At the time of admission, a patient or the patient’s representative receives a writ…

A. An administrator shall ensure that: 1. A medical record is established and maintained for each 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 t…

A. This Section applies: 1. When the Governor has declared a state of emergency, as defined in A.R.S. § 26-301, to address a situation described under A.R.S. § 36-787; and 2. To health care institutions licensed under Article 4, 5, or 8 of this Chapter. B. The following definitio…

A. An administrator shall ensure that an individual admitted to the home health agency has an order from a physician, registered nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or podiatrist for home health services. B. An administrator shall ensure that the home health services directo…

A. A governing authority may include supportive services, including personal care services, in the scope of services for a home health agency. B. An administrator: 1. May allow: a. Supportive services to be provided to a patient without an order from a physician, registered nurse…

Historical Note Adopted effective February 4, 1981 (Supp. 81-1). Section repealed by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3721, effective August 9, 2002 (Supp. 02-3).

Historical Note Adopted effective February 4, 1981 (Supp. 81-1). Section repealed by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3721, effective August 9, 2002 (Supp. 02-3).

Historical Note Adopted effective February 4, 1981 (Supp. 81-1). Section repealed by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3721, effective August 9, 2002 (Supp. 02-3).

Historical Note Adopted effective February 4, 1981 (Supp. 81-1). Section repealed by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3721, effective August 9, 2002 (Supp. 02-3).

Historical Note Adopted effective February 4, 1981 (Supp. 81-1). Section repealed by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3721, effective August 9, 2002 (Supp. 02-3).

Historical Note Adopted effective February 4, 1981 (Supp. 81-1). Section repealed by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3721, effective August 9, 2002 (Supp. 02-3).

Historical Note Adopted effective February 4, 1981 (Supp. 81-1). Section repealed by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3721, effective August 9, 2002 (Supp. 02-3).

Historical Note Adopted effective February 4, 1981 (Supp. 81-1). Section repealed by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3721, effective August 9, 2002 (Supp. 02-3).

A. An applicant shall apply for approval to operate a memory care services training program by submitting: 1. An application in a Department-provided format that contains: a. The name of the entity; b. The name, telephone number, and email address of the individual in charge of t…