Section 7.75.220. General requirements.

	(a)  An assisted living home shall provide safeguards to ensure that persons entering or living in the home, including employees, volunteers, contractors, and visitors do not abuse, neglect, or exploit a resident of the home. An assisted living home shall  
		(1) develop and implement written policies and procedures that prohibit the abuse, neglect, exploitation, and mistreatment of residents;  
		(2) report alleged or suspected abuse to a local, municipal, or state law enforcement agency;  
		(3)  take any necessary action to remove the potential for further abuse, neglect, exploitation, or mistreatment of a resident or further misappropriation of a resident's property;  
		(4) document alleged or suspected incidents of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or mistreatment by an employee, a volunteer, a contractor, a visitor, or another resident;  
		(5) investigate alleged or suspected incidents of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or mistreatment by an employee, a volunteer, a contractor, a visitor, or another resident;  
		(6) document the result of the investigation and the corrective action taken; and  
		(7) submit the documentation prepared under this subsection to the department as required in AS 47.32.200(c).  
	(b)  A person seeking to be associated with an assisted living home in a manner described in 7 AAC 10.900(b) shall provide  
		(1) the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of at least three character references who are unrelated to the person seeking association with the assisted living home;  
		(2) at least two employment references; an employment reference may also serve as a character reference required under (1) of this subsection; and  
		(3) the signed release of information authorization and other items required to request a criminal history check under 7 AAC 10.910.  
	(c)  A person who will be in direct contact with residents in an assisted living home shall provide evidence to the administrator that the person is free from active pulmonary tuberculosis before contact with a resident. This evidence must be provided annually and must be placed in the person's file for review by the department.  
	(d)  Before hiring, the administrator shall ensure that each person who will be in direct, unsupervised contact with residents in an assisted living home has sufficient language skills to meet the needs of the residents of the home and the ability to access emergency services, including giving clear directions to emergency personnel of the home's location and describing the nature of the emergency in the primary language of the community. The administrator shall assess language skill level for employees, contractors, and volunteers. The department will assess the language skill level of the administrator.  
	(e)  Each administrator, each administrator designee who will serve in that capacity for 90 consecutive days or longer, and each care provider who is an employee of an assisted living home shall participate in continuing education that is relevant to that person's primary job responsibilities and the ongoing care of residents. If courses for continuing education are not available within 100 miles of where the home is located or through correspondence or distance learning, the administrator shall ensure that the continuing education is obtained not less than every 18 months. Training requirements are as follows:  
		(1) each administrator shall complete 18 clock hours of continuing education annually;  
		(2) each care provider shall complete 12 clock hours of continuing education annually;  
		(3) a home may count in-service training as continuing education if that training increases the knowledge, abilities, or skills of care providers and is approved by the department;  
		(4) continuing education, whether in-service training or received from a state agency, a seminar, or a university, must be documented and placed in the employee's personnel file for review and approval by the department.  
An assisted living home is subject to the reporting requirements of AS 47.24.010.  
	(f)  An assisted living home is subject to the reporting requirements of AS 47.24.010.  

Authorities

47.05.300;47.05.310;47.05.320;47.05.330;47.05.340;47.32.010;47.32.030;47.33.005;47.33.010

Notes

Reference

7 AAC 75.010
7 AAC 75.080
7 AAC 75.210
7 AAC 75.230
7 AAC 75.240

Authority

AS 47.05.300 AS 47.05.310 AS 47.05.320 AS 47.05.330 AS 47.05.340 AS 47.32.010 AS 47.32.030 AS 47.33.005 AS 47.33.010

History

Eff. 7/1/95, Register 134; am 9/28/2001, Register 159; am 4/6/2002, Register 162; am 6/24/2004, Register 170; am 2/9/2007, Register 181; am 3/7/2009, Register 189