Director of Nurses Requirements for the State of Colorado
Part 7 - Nursing Services
7.2 DIRECTOR OF NURSING. Except as
provided in Section 7.6, a nursing care facility shall employ a
full-time (40 hours/week). Director of Nursing, who is a
registered nurse, qualified by education and experience to
direct facility nursing care.
7.3 24-HOUR NURSING COVERAGE. The facility
shall be staffed with qualified nursing personnel, awake and on
duty, who are familiar with the residents and their needs in a
number sufficient to meet resident functional dependency,
medical, and nursing needs.
7.3.3 Except as provided in Section 7.6,
an intermediate care facility shall be staffed with at least one
full-time licensed registered nurse or licensed practical nurse
who is on duty on the premises on the day shift seven days per
week. A facility using a licensed practical nurse as a director
of nursing shall provide at least 4 hours per week of
consultation by a licensed registered nurse.
7.3.4 A nursing care facility shall
provide nurse staffing sufficient in number to provide at least
2.0 hours of nursing time per resident per day. In facilities
of 60 residents or more, the time of the Director of Nursing,
Staff development Coordinator, and other supervisory personnel
who are not providing direct resident care shall not be used in
computing this ratio.
6 CCR 1011-1, eff 7-30-06 |
