Section 22-B3271. PROVISION OF ON-SITE SERVICES

 

3271.1For the purpose of reducing the need to transport residents off-site for routine health services, each facility shall provide needed services on-site if the Department has determined that the provision of such on-site services is appropriate.  On-site services that may be required by the Department include:

 

(a)Podiatry;

 

(b)Rehabilitative services, such as physical therapy, speech therapy and

occupational therapy;

 

(c) Wound care;

 

(d)Mental health; and

 

(e)Substance-abuse treatment.

 

3271.2Each facility shall provide dialysis services on-site if the Department has determined that the provision of such services on-site is appropriate and the facility has been issued a Certificate of Need authorizing the provision of on-site dialysis services.

 

3271.3In order to operate a substance-abuse treatment program wherein the facility administers a narcotic, such as methadone, to manage addiction, the facility would have to be registered with the Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration as a Narcotic Treatment Program.   If the facility is not registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration, any resident who is treated for addiction with the administration of a narcotic, must be so treated as a patient of a certified Narcotic Treatment Program.

 

3271.4In any substance-abuse treatment program that does not use the administration of a narcotic to manage addiction, as referred to in subsection 3271.3, the resident’s participation shall be kept private and any and all records related to a resident’s participation shall be confidential.  The facility shall include in its operating policies and procedures, protocols on maintaining privacy and confidentiality.

 

3271.5Persons who provide counseling to participants in substance abuse treatment programs shall qualify and be certified to do so by and in accordance with standards of the D.C. Board of Professional Counseling.

 

authority

The Director of the Department of Health, pursuant to the authority set forth in section 5(a) of the Health-Care and Community Residence Facility, Hospice, and Home Care Licensure Act of 1983, effective February 24, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-48, D.C. Official Code § 44-504(a)(2011 Supp.)) (hereinafter the Act), and in accordance with Mayor’s Order 98-137, dated August 20, 1998.

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10619, 10629 (December 16, 2011).