Co-late Vendor applicant approved for more than one program- ARF, RCFE, GH
Start up funds shall be available First 3 months of operation
Plan of operations shall contain Written evidence of arrangements for any consultants and community resource
of the facility's plan of operations
SSI/SSP recipients Basic rate shall be provided or made available with no additional charge
An extra charge to the resident shall be allowed for a a double room is made
private room if? available but the resident prefers a private room, provided the arrangement is
documented in the
admissions agreement and the charge is limited to 10% of the Board and Room
portion of the
SSI/SSP grant.
The licensee shall notify the Department, in writing, a change of administrator
within 30 days of
Administrators employed prior to July 1, 1996 are exempt from this requirement.
The administrator shall be on the premises the number of hours necessary to manage and administer the facility in
compliance with applicable law and regulation.
The administrator of a facility for seven to 15 clients shall have one year of work experience in
have residential care.
The administrator of a facility for 16 to 49 clients shall 15 college or continuing education semester or equivalent
have quarter units, three of which shall be in nutrition, human behavior, administration,
or staff
relations and One year of work experience in residential care.
The administrator of a facility for 50 or more clients shall 60 college or continuing education semester or equivalent
have quarter units, six of which shall be in administration or staff relations. and Three
years work experience in residential care, one year of which shall have been
providing
direct care to clients or assisting in facility administration.
Within six months of becoming an administrator the receive training on HIV and TB
individual shall Thereafter, the administrator shall receive updated
training every two years.
Training on HIV and TB shall consist of 3 hours on HIV and one 1 on tuberculosis.
In those cases where the individual is both the licensee comply with all of the licensee and certified administrator requirements.
and the administrator of an adult residential
facility the individual shall
The Department may revoke the license of an adult comply with all
residential facility for failure to requirements regarding certified administrators.
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Unless otherwise provided, a certified administrator may more than one licensed adult residential facility.
administer
It shall be unlawful for any person not certified under this Section to misrepresent himself or herself as a
certified administrator
Any person willfully making any false representation as a misdemeanor
being a certified adult residential facility administrator is
guilty of
Certificates shall be valid for a period of two (2) years
ARF certificates expire on either the anniversary date of initial issuance or on the individual's birthday during the
second calendar year following certification.
ARF certificates request for extension of time shall be in writing and shall contain a statement of all facts the applicant believes constitute
good cause to extend time.
Administrators shall complete at least how many CE forty (40) classroom hours of continuing education during the two-year
hours certification period.
CE hours approved by the Regional Center may have up twenty-four (24) of the required continuing education course hours credited
to toward the
forty (40) hour continuing education requirement.
To apply for recertification prior to the expiration date of 1. A written request to recertify post-marked on or before the certificate expiration
the certificate, the certificate holder shall submit: name 3 date.
steps 2. Evidence of completion of 40 CE hours
3. Payment of $100 processing fee
To apply for recertification after the expiration date of the 1. A written request to recertify.
certificate, but within four (4) years of the certificate 2. Evidence of completion of 40 CE hours
expiration date, the certificate holder shall submit: name 2. Late payment fee equal to three times of renewal fee $300
3 steps
Certificates not renewed within four (4) years of their shall not be renewed, restored,
expiration date reissued or reinstated
Holders of certificates not renewed within four (4) years an Initial Certification Training Program
of their expiration date shall complete
Certificate holders, as a condition of recertification, shall current criminal record clearance.
have a
A processing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be paid for the replacement of a lost certificate.
certificate holder shall report any change of mailing thirty (30) days to the
address within Department's administrator certification section.