- (1) The adult day center must follow their policies and procedures to ensure that the client's record/chart is appropriately organized and that confidentiality of information is maintained.
- (2) Client information forms must be standardized, with each page showing the client's name or identification number.
(3) Individual client files must include:
- (a) Personal/biographical data, including addresses, phone numbers, emergency contacts, and client representatives, reviewed and updated as needed;
- (b) Application, enrollment, and consent to services forms;
- (c) Department-authorized service plan and service authorization;
- (d) All client information, including but not limited to the intake evaluation, date of acceptance to the center, negotiated care plan, attendance and service records, progress notes, and correspondence;
- (e) Signed authorizations concerning the release of client information, photographs, and receipt of emergency medical care, as appropriate;
- (f) Client photograph, with client or client representative permission, updated as needed per change in the client's appearances or picture being difficult to clearly view;
- (g) Transportation plans regarding how the client will be transported back and forth from the center and who is responsible for the transportation;
- (h) Fee determination forms;
- (i) Appropriate medical information, with client consent, including but not limited to significant illnesses, accidents, treatments, medical conditions, allergies, medications, tobacco use, and alcohol or substance use;
- (j) Advance directives (if any) and a statement signed by the client that he or she has received the center's policies concerning advance directives; and, as applicable;
- (k) Authorizing practitioner orders for skilled nursing and/or rehabilitative therapy containing department-required information and in accordance with applicable licensing and practice act regulations.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. WSR 15-01-174, § 388-71-0744, filed 12/23/14, effective 1/23/15. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 74.04.200, 74.08.090, 74.09.520, and 74.39A.030. WSR 03-06-024, § 388-71-0744, filed 2/24/03, effective 7/1/03.]