ARKANAS NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATOR
STATE RULES AND REGULATION COMPLTE
EXAM LATEST VERSION
452.7) Where laundry is provided on the facility premises: "425.7.1 - 425.7.7" -
ANSWER 452.7.1) A staff person shall be designated in charge of the service.
Administrator - ANSWER A person licensed as a nursing home administrator
by the department who administers, manages, supervises, or is in general
administrative charge of a nursing home
Change of Use - ANSWER any work other than maintenance in an existing
building and which does not increase the floor or roof area or the volume of
enclosed space
Consultant - ANSWER a qualified person who gives professional advice or
service within his/her speciality, with or without re-numeration
Consultant Dietitian - a person who is eligible for registration by the Dietetic
Association, has a baccalaureate degree with major studies in food and
nutrition, dietetics, or foodservice management; has one year of supervisory
experience in the dietetic service of a health care institution and participates
annually in continuing dietetic education.
Consultant Pharmacist - ANSWER qualified licensed, registered pharmacist,
who under arrangement with an institution, renders assistance in developing,
implementing, evaluating, and revising where indicated, polices and procedures
for providing the administrative and technical guidance of the pharmaceutical
services relative to labeling, storing, handling, dispensing and all other matters
,pertaining to the administration and control of drugs and medication. He/she
provides such services and monitors activities within the institution with the
express purpose of creating and maintaining the highest standards in medication
distribution, control, and service.
Controlled Substances - ANSWER a drug, substance or immediate precursor
in Schedules I through B of Article 11 of Controlles Substances Act.
Department - ANSWER shall mean the Arkansas Dept. of Human Services
(DHS)
Director - ANSWER shall mean the Chief of Administrative Officer in the
Office of Long Term Care
Disinfection - ANSWER The process employed to destroy harmful
microorganisms, but ordinarily not viruses and bacterial spores
Division - ANSWER DHS/ Division of Medical Services
Drug - ANSWER means (a )articles recognized in the Official United States
Pharmacopeia of the United States or Official National Formulary, or any
supplement to any of them; and (b) articles intended for use in the diagnosis
cure mitigation ,treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animal ; and
(c) articles (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of
the body of man or other animals ; and (d) articles specified in clause (a) (b) (c)
; but does not include devices or their components, parts or accessories
Drug administration ANSWER is an act restricted to nursing personnel as
defined in Nursing Practice Act 432 or 1971, in which a single dose of a
prescribed drugs or biological is given to a patient. This activity includes the
,removal of the dose from a previously dispensed, properly labeled container,
verifying it with the prescribers orders, giving the individual dose to the proper
patient, and recording the time and dose given.
Medication dispensing - ANSWER is an activity reserved to a pharmacist which
entails the provision of one or more doses of a drug in a container other than the
original, with such new containers being correctly labeled by the designer as to
the content and/or directions for use as ordered by the prescriber. This activity
also covers the compounding, counting, and transferring of medication from one
labeled container to another.
Existing Facilities - ANSWER means facilities that were in operation, or those
proposed facilities which began construction or renovation of a building under
final plans approved by the Division prior to adoption of these regulations.
Fire Resistance Rating - ANSWER shall mean the time in hours or fractions
thereof that materials or their assemblies will resist fire exposure as determined
by the fire test conducted in accordance with recognized standards.
Governing Body - ANSWER Shall mean the individuals or group in whom the
ultimate authority and legal responsibility is vested for conduct of the nursing
home
Institution - ANSWER means any facility that must be licensed under this
chapter.
ICF - ANSWER - A nursing home licensed by Arkansas Social Services as
meeting the Intermediate Care Facility regulations. Health facility, or a distinct
part of a hospital or Skilled Nursing Facility, which is specifically staffed,
organized, operated, and maintained to provide 24-hour long term inpatient care
and other restorative services under nursing supervision
, Legend Drugs - ANSWER are drugs, which, because of the toxicity or other
potentially for harmful effect, or the method of their use, or the collateral
measures necessary to their use, are not safe for use except under the
supervision of a practitioner licensed by law to administer such drugs, or shall
be dispensed only on prescription by the pharmacist. Such drugs bear the label
"Caution Federal Law Prohibits Dispensing Without Prescription."
License - ANSWER Shall mean the basic document issued by the Division
permitting the operations of nursing homes. This document constitutes the
authority to receive patients and to perform the services included within the
scope of these regulations.
Licensed Bed Capacity - ANSWER Means the exact number of beds for which
license application has been made and granted.
Licensee - ANSWER Shall mean any state, municipality, political subdivision,
institution, public, or private corporation, association, individual, partnership or
any other entity to whom a license is issued for the purpose of operating the
nursing home, who shall assume primary responsibility for complying with
approved standards for the institution.
New Construction - ANSWER Means those facilities which are constructed or
renovated for the purpose of operating an institution according to architectural
plans approved by the Division subsequent to adoption of these rules
Nursing Home - ANSWER Shall mean and be construed to include any
buildings, structure, agency, institution, or other place for the reception,
accommodation, board, care, or treatment of two or more unrelated individuals,
who, because of physical or metal infirmity are unable to sufficiently or
properly care for themselves, and for which reception, accommodation, board,
care, and treatment, a charge is made, provided the term "Nursing Home" shall