NAC449.2766. Residential facility which offers or provides care for persons with chronic illnesses and debilitating diseases: Application for endorsement; training for employees.

     1. A residential facility which offers or provides care and protective supervision for a resident with a chronic illness or progressively debilitating disease must obtain an endorsement on its license authorizing it to operate as a residential facility for persons with chronic illnesses. The Division may deny an application for an endorsement or suspend or revoke an existing endorsement based upon the grounds set forth in NAC 449.191 or 449.1915.

     2. Within 60 days after being employed by a residential facility for persons with chronic illnesses, an employee of the facility shall obtain at least 4 hours of in-service training relating to the care provided to such persons and in the actions necessary to control infections.

     3. Evidence of training received pursuant to subsection 2 must be included in the employee’s personnel file.

     4. As used in this section, “residential facility for persons with chronic illnesses” means a residential facility that provides care and protective supervision for persons with chronic illnesses or progressively debilitating diseases, including, without limitation, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and cancer.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R003-97, eff. 10-30-97; A by R073-03, 1-22-2004; R119-10, 1-13-2011)