3835.1 A Supported Residence shall be a homelike setting where residential care is provided for eight (8) or fewer individuals who require twenty-four hour (24 hr.) staff supervision and assistance.

3835.2 The maximum number of residents that shall be located in a Supported Residence is eight (8), excluding the adult supervisor, unless this requirement is waived by DCRA.

3835.3 Limited nursing care, intermittent nursing care, or both may be provided in a supported residence.

3835.4 In a Supported Residence staff shall be on-site and responsible for providing assistance with the tasks of daily living, supervision, meals, and lodging to the residents, and for ensuring the overall health, safety and welfare of the residents.

3835.5 Each Supported Residence shall maintain at least one (1) staff person at the residence, whenever a resident is present and a 1:8 staff-to-resident ratio during times of peak activity, such as mealtimes.

3835.6 MHCRF's established prior to December 1, 1991, and that are licensed as CRFs under 22 DCMR, chapter 38, and housing residents with a principal diagnosis of mental illness, may be certified as a Supported Residence, if the facility meets the staffing standard in §3835.5.

3835.7 Each Supported Residence shall have a Residence Director who shall provide or arrange for supervision and coordinate services to ensure that each resident's health, safety, and welfare are protected.

3835.8 Each person seeking residential placement in a Supported Residence shall have a principal diagnosis of mental illness and be in need of twenty-four hour (24 hr.) staff supervision to assist with activities of daily living, meals, lodging, and recreation. Residents may remain in the residence, work or participate in a structured day program, or other daily activity. Attendance at a day program shall not be mandatory for persons seeking placement in a Supported Residence.

3835.9 The resident's treatment team shall determine whether a person is appropriately placed in a Supportive Residence.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 42 DCR 569, 600 (January 27, 1995).