Section 22-B3411. RESIDENTS’ RECORDS

 

3411.1A community residence facility shall keep a permanent record concerning each resident to be retained by the community residence facility for at least two (2) years after the resident’s discharge or death.

 

3411.2All information contained in the permanent personal record shall be confidential and shall not be open to public inspection, except by officials of the District for the enforcement of this regulation, without the written consent of the resident indicating to whom the records are to be released and for what purpose.

 

3411.3Each record shall be kept current, dated, and signed with the full name of the record keeper and shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:

 

(a)The resident’s name;

 

(b)The resident’s age and sex;

 

(c)The resident’s social security number;

 

(d)The resident’s home address;

 

(e)The date the resident was admitted, and the date the resident was discharged or the date of the resident’s death;

 

(f)The name, address, and telephone number of the resident’s personal physician;

 

(g)The name, address, and telephone number of the resident’s next of kin or sponsor, if any;

 

(h)The source of referral;

 

(i)The resident’s religious affiliation, if any, and the name and telephone number of the resident’s minister, priest, or rabbi;

 

(j)Reports and recommendations from physicians, social workers, or other health care professionals (including, in the case of group homes for mentally retarded persons, the comprehensive evaluation for each resident and reports and recommendations from appropriate professionals) regarding the resident’s care;

 

(k)A current record of any funds managed by the community residence facility for the resident’s benefit as required in § 3407; and

 

(l)In the case of group homes for mentally retarded persons, the individual plan for habilitation required by § 3403. The plan shall be reviewed and appropriately revised at least annually.

 

source

Regulation No. 74-15 (June 14, 1974); as amended by the Community Residence Facilities Act of 1977 § 101(e), D.C. Law 2-35, 24 DCR 1458, 1485 (August 19, 1977); as amended by ERRATA published at 51 DCR 9308 (October 1, 2004).