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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".14" citation="COMAR 10.07.04.14" title_num="10" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="04" heading="Staffing Requirements.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The administrator shall employ sufficient and qualified personnel to ensure adequate treatment and care of the residents and the maintenance, cleaning, and housekeeping.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The staff shall be sufficient in number so that the individual needs of residents are met.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Provision shall be made for relief personnel during vacations or other relief periods. The relief personnel shall have qualifications equivalent to those of the person being relieved.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Clinical staff shall, at a minimum, have current training in:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>CPR;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Heimlich maneuver; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>First aid.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The center shall ensure that one or more competent trained individuals are present 24 hours a day with the required skills to address medical and behavioral emergencies.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The center shall maintain personnel records on each employee, including:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The initial application;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Current professional license and certification;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Criminal background checks; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Performance appraisals and annual competency evaluations.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Each staff member shall have a pre-employment examination for tuberculosis and additional testing when known TB exposure occurs.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>There shall be personnel policies which define staff jobs, qualifications, hours, vacation, sick leave, and retirement.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>