NAC449.736. Personnel.

     1. A facility for persons with an intellectual disability or persons with a developmental disability must be administered by a person with sufficient authority and responsibility to manage the facility and implement administrative policy. The administrator must be a currently licensed nursing home administrator, a qualified professional in intellectual disabilities or a hospital administrator if a hospital is qualifying as an intermediate care facility for persons with an intellectual disability or persons with a developmental disability.

     2. A qualified professional in intellectual disabilities must be one of the following:

     (a) A psychologist with at least a master’s degree from an accredited program with specialized training or 1 year of experience in treating persons with intellectual disabilities;

     (b) A currently licensed physician or osteopath with the training or experience described in paragraph (a);

     (c) An educator with a degree from an accredited program with the training or experience described in paragraph (a);

     (d) A social worker with either a bachelor’s degree in social work or a bachelor’s degree in a field other than social work and with the training or experience described in paragraph (a);

     (e) A qualified physical or occupational therapist with the training or experience described in paragraph (a);

     (f) A speech pathologist or audiologist with the training or experience described in paragraph (a);

     (g) A registered nurse with the training or experience described in paragraph (a); or

     (h) A therapeutic recreational specialist who is a graduate of an accredited program and with the training or experience described in paragraph (a).

     3. Each facility shall retain a qualified professional in intellectual disabilities who is responsible for:

     (a) Supervising the implementation of each resident’s plan of care;

     (b) Integrating the facility’s total program;

     (c) Recording each resident’s progress; and

     (d) Initiating a quarterly review of each resident’s plan of care.

     [Bd. of Health, Intermediate Care Facilities Reg. §§ 16.2-16.4.4, eff. 12-5-75]—(Substituted in revision for NAC 449.734)