1. A. The ICF/MR shall permit clients to maintain and use their personal property. The number of personal possessions may be limited only for health and safety reasons. When such limitations are imposed, documentation is required in the client's records.

   1. 1. Within 24 hours after admission, the ICF/MR shall prepare a written inventory of the personal property a client brings to the ICF/MR.
   2. 2. The facility authorized representative shall sign and retain the written inventory and shall give a copy to the client, family or responsible party.
   3. 3. The ICF/MR shall revise the written inventory to show if acquired property is lost, destroyed, damaged, replaced or supplemented.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and 42 CFR 483.420.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Family Security, LR 13:578 (October 1987), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 25:686 (April 1999), repromulgated LR 31:2232 (September 2005).