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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 29. PUBLIC WELFARE |
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Chapter 29-62. LICENSING OF YOUTH SHELTERS, RUNAWAY SHELTERS, EMERGENCY CARE FACILITIES, AND YOUTH GROUP HOMES |
Section 29-6219. OPERATING PROCEDURES AND STAFFING
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6219.1Each facility shall designate an administrator who is responsible for the overall management and fiscal operation of the facility. Whenever this Chapter requires that a facility undertake or perform any act or obligation, the administrator shall be responsible for the performance of such act or obligation.
6219.2The administrator or his or her designee shall be available by telephone at all times.
6219.3All staff on-duty shall know, and be able to contact, the person who is responsible for administrative supervision of the facility at any given time.
6219.4The facility shall maintain all policies and procedures required under this Chapter in a designated location that is easily accessible to staff.
6219.5There shall be at least two staff persons (excluding volunteers and staff not providing direct care and supervision of residents) present and on-duty in the facility at all times when a resident is present in the facility. Except for facilities staffed with live-in house parents, staff asleep within the facility shall not be considered on-duty.
6219.6The requirement in § 6219.5 that at least two staff persons be present and on-duty in the facility at all times shall apply even if the result of this requirement is that there are more staff present and on-duty at the facility than otherwise required by the minimum resident-to-staff ratios provided elsewhere in this section.
6219.7All facilities serving residents younger than five (5) years old shall have a minimum resident to staff ratio (excluding volunteers and staff not providing direct care and supervision of residents) of 2:1.
6219.8Emergency care facilities serving residents five (5) years old or older shall have a minimum resident to staff ratio (excluding volunteers and staff not providing direct care and supervision of residents) of 2:1 during waking hours and 3:1 during sleeping hours.
6219.9Youth shelters, runaway shelters, and youth group homes serving residents five (5) years old or older who were allegedly abused or neglected shall have a minimum resident to staff ratio (excluding volunteers and staff not providing direct care and supervision of residents) of 4:1 during waking hours.
6219.10Youth shelters, runaway shelters, and youth group homes serving residents five (5) years old or older who are on detention or commitment shall have a minimum resident to staff ratio (excluding volunteers and staff not providing direct care and supervision of residents) of 5:1 during waking hours.
6219.11Youth shelters, runaway shelters, and youth group homes serving residents five (5) years old or older shall have a minimum resident to staff ratio (excluding volunteers and staff not providing direct care and supervision of residents) of 10:1 during sleeping hours.
6219.12CFSA shall not place residents in a facility with a capacity of more than eight (8) residents without the express written approval of the CFSA Director, as detailed in § 6256.3.
6219.13The contracting entity shall have the sole discretion to require by contract a more restrictive ratio of residents to staff (excluding volunteers and staff not providing direct care and supervision of residents) in any particular facility housing residents with special needs.