Arkansas Code Title 20, Subtitle 2, Chapter 10, Subchapter 14 - Staffing Requirements for Nursing Facilities
- § 20-10-1401 - Definitions.
As used in this subchapter: (1) "Day shift" means the period of 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.; (2) (A) "Direct-care staff" means any nurse...
- § 20-10-1402 - Staffing Standards.
(a) The Department of Human Services shall not issue or renew a license of a nursing facility unless that facility employs the direct-care staff...
- § 20-10-1403 - Ratio of Staff to Residents.
(a) Except for nursing facilities that the Office of Long-Term Care designates as Eden Alternative nursing facilities or Green House Project nursing facilities, all...
- § 20-10-1404 - Director of Nurses.
(a) In addition to the minimum direct-care staffing ratios in § 20-10-1403, each nursing facility shall employ a registered nurse to serve as director...
- § 20-10-1405 - Services Provided.
(a) An employee designated as a member of the direct-care staff shall not be required to provide services such as food preparation, housekeeping, laundry,...
- § 20-10-1406 - Posting of Personnel Numbers.
(a) (1) Each nursing facility shall post daily at the beginning of each shift in a prominent place within twenty feet (20') of the...
- § 20-10-1407 - Report.
(a) (1) By the fifth day of each month, each nursing facility shall submit a written report of all shifts which failed to meet...
- § 20-10-1408 - Penalties.
(a) Upon a determination of a pattern of failure of a facility by the Office of Long-Term Care, the following penalties shall be applied...
- § 20-10-1409 - Staffing Standards.
(a) The staffing standards as set forth in § 20-10-1403 are to be construed as nursing facility staffing standards above the 1989 standards established...
- § 20-10-1410 - Cosmetology and Barbering Services.
(a) (1) Cosmetology and barbering services provided to residents of nursing facilities and for which a fee is charged that is separate from and...
Last modified: November 15, 2016