Director of Nurses Requirements for the State of Louisiana
Subchapter B. Nursing
Services §9809. General Provisions
The nursing home shall
have sufficient nursing staff to provide
nursing and related services that meet the
needs of each resident. The nursing home
shall assure that each resident receives
treatments, medications, diets, and other
health services as prescribed and planned,
all hours of each day.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
R.S. 40:2009.1-2116.4.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the
Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary,
Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 24:56 (January 1998).
§9811. Nursing Service Personnel
B. The nursing home shall designate a
registered nurse to serve as the director of nursing services on
a full-time basis during the day-tour of duty. The director of
nursing services may serve as charge nurse only when the nursing
home has an average daily occupancy of 60 or fewer residents.
C. If the director of nursing services has
non-nursing administrative responsibility for the nursing home
on a regular basis, there shall be another registered nurse
assistant to provide direction of care-delivery to residents.
F. In building complexes or multistory
buildings, each building or floor housing residents shall be
considered a separate nursing unit and staffed separate,
exclusive of the director of nursing.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance
with R.S. 40:2009.1-2116.4.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the
Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary,
Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 24:56 (January 1998). |
