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PDFWAC 388-107-0200

Quality of care.

(1) The enhanced services facility must provide each resident with the necessary care and services to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being, self-care, and independence consistent with resident rights and in accordance with his or her comprehensive assessment and person-centered service plan.
(2) Based on the resident's comprehensive assessment, the enhanced services facility must ensure that:
(a) The resident's abilities in activities of daily living do not decline unless circumstances of the resident's clinical condition demonstrate that the decline was unavoidable, including but not limited to the resident's ability to:
(i) Bathe, dress, and groom;
(ii) Transfer and ambulate;
(iii) Toilet;
(iv) Eat; and
(v) Use speech, language, or other functional communication systems;
(b) The resident is given the appropriate treatment and services to maintain or improve the resident's abilities in activities of daily living specified in subsection (2)(a) of this section; and
(c) The resident who is unable to carry out activities of daily living receives the necessary services to maintain good nutrition, grooming, and personal and oral hygiene.
(3) The enhanced services facility must ensure that the appropriate care and services are provided to the resident in a minimum of the following areas, as applicable in accordance with the resident's individualized assessments and person-centered service plan:
(a) Mental health treatment;
(b) Chemical dependency treatment;
(c) Vision and hearing;
(d) Skin;
(e) Continence;
(f) Range of motion;
(g) Mental and psychosocial functioning and adjustment;
(h) Nutrition;
(i) Hydration;
(j) Special needs, including but not limited to:
(i) Injections;
(ii) Parenteral and enteral fluids;
(iii) Colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care;
(iv) Tracheostomy care and/or tracheal suctioning;
(v) Respiratory care;
(vi) Dental care;
(vii) Foot care; and
(viii) Prostheses;
(k) Independent living skills; and
(l) Medications, including freedom from:
(i) Unnecessary medications; and
(ii) Significant medication errors.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.97.230 and HCBS Final Rule 42 C.F.R. WSR 16-14-078, § 388-107-0200, filed 7/1/16, effective 8/1/16. Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.97 RCW. WSR 14-19-071, § 388-107-0200, filed 9/12/14, effective 10/13/14.]