Director of Nurses Requirements for the State of New York

Effective Date: 09/23/92
Title: Section 415.13 - Nursing services

415.13 Nursing services. The facility shall have sufficient nursing staff to provide nursing and related services to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident, as determined by resident assessments and individual plans of care. The facility shall assure that each resident receives treatments, medications, diets and other health services in accordance with individual care plans.

(a) Sufficient staff.

(2) The facility shall designate a registered professional nurse to serve as the director of nursing on a full time basis.

(3) The director of nursing may serve as a charge nurse only when the facility has an average daily occupancy of 60 or fewer residents.

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