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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".28" citation="COMAR 10.07.14.28" title_num="10" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="14" heading="Service Plan.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Service Plan Development.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The assisted living manager, or designee, shall ensure that all services are provided in a manner that respects and enhances the dignity, privacy, and independence of each resident.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A service plan for each resident shall be developed in a manner that enhances the principles of dignity, privacy, resident choice, resident capabilities, individuality, and independence without compromising the health or reasonable safety of other residents.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The resident shall be invited to participate in the development of the initial service plan and any subsequent service plans.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>At the resident’s request, a resident representative, family member, or other individual shall be invited to participate in all service plan meetings.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>When the resident lacks the capacity to participate, the resident representative, as applicable to their authority, shall be invited to participate in all service plan meetings.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The assisted living program shall accommodate the schedules of participants in a service plan meeting when possible.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Assessment of Condition.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The resident’s service plan shall be based on an assessment of the resident’s health, function, behavioral, and psychosocial status using the Resident Assessment Tool and the nursing assessment.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A full assessment of the resident shall be completed:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Within 48 hours but not later than required by nursing practice and the patient’s condition after:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A significant change of condition; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Each nonroutine hospitalization; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>At least annually.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>When the delegating nurse determines in the nurse’s clinical judgment that the resident does not require a full assessment within 48 hours, the delegating nurse shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Document the determination and the reasons for the determination in the resident’s record; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Ensure that a full assessment of the resident is conducted within 7 calendar days.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A review of the assessment shall be conducted every 6 months for residents who do not have a change in condition. Further evaluation by a health care practitioner is required and changes shall be made to the resident’s service plan, if there is a score change in any of the following areas:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Cognitive and behavioral status;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Ability to self-administer medications; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Behaviors and communication.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>If the resident’s previous assessment did not indicate the need for awake overnight staff, each full assessment or review of the full assessment shall include documentation as to whether awake overnight staff is required due to a change in the resident’s condition.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Special Care Needs. The service plan shall reflect increased monitoring, intervention, and oversight, as clinically appropriate for special care needs, including:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Fall risk or frequent falls;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Pressure ulcer risk, prevention, and treatment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Diabetes management;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Oxygen therapy;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Enteral feedings;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Foley catheter care;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Ostomy care;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Therapeutic medication levels;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Mental illness; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Behaviors that are likely to disrupt or harm the resident or others.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The assisted living manager, or designee, shall ensure that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A written service plan or other documentation sufficiently recorded in the resident’s record is developed by staff, which at a minimum addresses:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The services to be provided to the resident, which are based on the assessment of the resident;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>When and how often the services are to be provided; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>How and by whom the services are to be provided;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The service plan is developed within 30 calendar days of admission to the assisted living program; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The service plan is reviewed by staff at least every 6 months, and updated, if needed, unless a resident’s condition or preferences significantly change, in which case the assisted living manager or designee shall review and update the service plan sooner to respond to these changes.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>