449.2421 Certain health care facilities located in larger counties required to make available to Health Division documented staffing plan; requirements of plan and flexibility for adjustments.
1. As a condition of licensing, a health care facility located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more and which is licensed to have more than 70 beds shall make available to the Health Division a documented staffing plan and a written certification that the documented staffing plan is adequate to meet the needs of the patients of the health care facility. The documented staffing plan must include, without limitation:
(a) A detailed written plan setting forth the number, skill mix and classification of licensed nurses required in each unit in the health care facility, which must take into account the experience of the clinical and nonclinical support staff with whom the nurses collaborate, supervise or otherwise delegate assignments;
(b) A description of the types of patients who are treated in each unit, including, without limitation, the type of care required by the patients;
(c) A description of the activities in each unit, including, without limitation, discharges, transfers and admissions;
(d) A description of the size and geography of each unit;
(e) A description of any specialized equipment and technology available for each unit; and
(f) Any foreseeable changes in the size or function of each unit.
2. A documented staffing plan must provide sufficient flexibility to allow for adjustments based upon changes in a unit of the health care facility.
449.2421 Certain health care facilities located in larger counties required to make available to Health Division documented staffing plan; requirements of plan and flexibility for adjustments.
1. As a condition of licensing, a health care facility located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more and which is licensed to have more than 70 beds shall make available to the Health Division a documented staffing plan and a written certification that the documented staffing plan is adequate to meet the needs of the patients of the health care facility. The documented staffing plan must include, without limitation:
(a) A detailed written plan setting forth the number, skill mix and classification of licensed nurses required in each unit in the health care facility, which must take into account the experience of the clinical and nonclinical support staff with whom the nurses collaborate, supervise or otherwise delegate assignments;
(b) A description of the types of patients who are treated in each unit, including, without limitation, the type of care required by the patients;
(c) A description of the activities in each unit, including, without limitation, discharges, transfers and admissions;
(d) A description of the size and geography of each unit;
(e) A description of any specialized equipment and technology available for each unit; and
(f) Any foreseeable changes in the size or function of each unit.
2. A documented staffing plan must provide sufficient flexibility to allow for adjustments based upon changes in a unit of the health care facility.
449.2421 Certain health care facilities located in larger counties required to make available to Health Division documented staffing plan; requirements of plan and flexibility for adjustments.
1. As a condition of licensing, a health care facility located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more and which is licensed to have more than 70 beds shall make available to the Health Division a documented staffing plan and a written certification that the documented staffing plan is adequate to meet the needs of the patients of the health care facility. The documented staffing plan must include, without limitation:
(a) A detailed written plan setting forth the number, skill mix and classification of licensed nurses required in each unit in the health care facility, which must take into account the experience of the clinical and nonclinical support staff with whom the nurses collaborate, supervise or otherwise delegate assignments;
(b) A description of the types of patients who are treated in each unit, including, without limitation, the type of care required by the patients;
(c) A description of the activities in each unit, including, without limitation, discharges, transfers and admissions;
(d) A description of the size and geography of each unit;
(e) A description of any specialized equipment and technology available for each unit; and
(f) Any foreseeable changes in the size or function of each unit.
2. A documented staffing plan must provide sufficient flexibility to allow for adjustments based upon changes in a unit of the health care facility.
