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Director of Nurses Requirements for the State of South Carolina

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 61-17.  Standards for Licensing Nursing Homes.

(3) Staffing Requirements

(a) Director of Nursing: The facility shall designate a registered nurse as a full-time Director of Nursing. The Director of Nursing shall have the necessary authority and shall be responsible for direction of the nursing service rendered in the facility. Another registered nurse, who is employed by the licensee, shall be designated in writing to act in his/her absence. In facilities with a licensed bed capacity of twenty-two or fewer residents the Nursing Director may be included in the requirements of Section

 

 
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