SECTION 550.310. Nursing Director Responsibilities and Supervision Responsibilities

The center's nursing director's responsibilities must include, but are not limited to:

(1) supervising all aspects of a minor's plan of care to ensure the minor's plan of care is implemented as ordered;

(2) supervising all activities of the center's professional nursing staff and direct care staff to ensure compliance with current standards of accepted nursing practice;

(3) ensuring compliance with all federal and state laws, rules, and regulations in this chapter;

(4) supervising the daily clinical operations of the center;

(5) ensuring the documentation of the center's actual, daily, and total census in accordance with §15.803 of this subchapter (relating to Census) and §15.410 of this subchapter (relating to Nursing Services Staffing Ratio);

(6) ensuring the documentation of the center's staffing ratios in accordance with §15.410 of this subchapter;

(7) supervising the implementation of staffing policies to ensure that only qualified staff are hired by the center, including verification of licensure and certification before employment and annually thereafter;

(8) ensuring the maintenance of records to support competency of the center's nursing and direct care staff;

(9) ensuring the implementation of the center's policies and procedures that establish and support quality care to a minor;

(10) providing orientation and in-service training to employees and providers of basic services to promote effective basic services and safety to a minor;

(11) performing timely annual performance evaluations for the center's nursing and direct care staff;

(12) ensuring participation in regularly scheduled continuing training for the center's nursing and direct care staff; and

(13) ensuring that the care at the center promotes effective services and the safety of a minor.

Source Note: The provisions of this §550.310 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1875