Document Citation: 55 Pa. Code § 5310.14

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PENNSYLVANIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Codes
TITLE 55. PUBLIC WELFARE
PART VII. MENTAL HEALTH MANUAL
SUBPART E. RESIDENTIAL AGENCIES/FACILITIES/SERVICES
CHAPTER 5310. COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION S

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08/31/2009

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§ 5310.14. Personnel Management

(a) The community residential rehabilitation service (CRRS) must establish and implement written personnel policies and procedures which cover:

(1) Recruitment, selection, and promotion of staff.

(2) Utilization of volunteers and students, if applicable.

(3) Wage and salary administration.

(4) Employe benefits.

(5) Working hours.

(6) Disciplinary procedures.

(7) Table of organization.

(8) Performance evaluation.

(9) Employe accidents and safety.

(10) Agency mechanisms for staff development through in-service and out-service training and professional consultation.

(11) Assurance of nondiscrimination in personnel practice on the basis of age, race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, handicap, union membership, or high school equivalency.

(12) A civil rights complaint procedure.

(b) Personnel policies must be compiled, updated, and made available to all staff.

(c) Written job descriptions must be established and maintained for all positions and must include:

(1) Job title.

(2) Tasks and responsibilities of the job.

(3) Qualifications.

(4) Title of the supervisor.

(5) Title of subordinates, if any.

(d) Each staff member must be provided with a copy of his job description at the time of hiring and whenever the job description is changed.

(e) Each staff member is required to have a physical examination within 6 months prior to employment and every 2 years thereafter.

(1) The examination report must include screening for tuberculosis and other communicable diseases, a statement from the physician that the staff member has no contagious diseases, and information on any medical problems which might interfere with the health of the clients.

(2) Written policies must ensure that employes with symptoms or signs of communicable diseases are not permitted to work without authorization from the physician.

(f) When a CRRS uses volunteers or students, or both, in its operation, written policies and procedures for volunteers or students, or both, must be developed and provided to the volunteers/students and to staff.

(g) Each volunteer/student must be assigned a staff supervisor and must have the qualifications required for the tasks/activities assigned.