NAC449.4072. Director and employees: Qualifications and duties; physical and mental health.

     1. Each facility must have the number and kind of employees required by the physical characteristics of the facility, the number of clients and the services provided.

     2. The director of a facility:

     (a) Must be responsible and mature and have the personal qualities which will enable him or her to understand the problems of aged and infirm adults.

     (b) Must be at least 21 years of age.

     (c) Must have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

     (d) Shall designate an acting director, who is similarly qualified, to act when the director is absent from the facility.

     3. Every employee of the facility:

     (a) Must be in good physical and mental health.

     (b) Shall provide the Division:

          (1) Upon his or her initial employment, with the results of a physical examination conducted within the preceding 6 months, or with a copy of the employee’s medical records for the preceding 3 years, certified by a physician.

          (2) Upon his or her initial employment, with a negative report of a tuberculin test conducted within the preceding 6 months. Thereafter, a tuberculin test must be completed every 2 years. If the report of the tuberculin test is positive, the employee shall provide an X-ray film of his or her chest.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 6-23-86)