The facility shall develop, implement, and document a staffing plan that identifies and provides for sufficient staff at the facility to provide adequate and continuous supervision of youth including all of the following:
- (1) A supervisor or designee physically on-site during every shift at the facility.
- (2) Adequate staff to provide for the direct supervision of youth in living units and other areas where youth are present. The use of a video monitoring system shall not be used to replace direct staff supervision.
- (3) Staff ratios of a minimum of one staff member supervising 8 youth during waking hours and one staff member supervising 16 youth during sleeping hours, except during exigent circumstances. The facility shall document the exigent circumstances.
- (4) Whenever there is a youth in the facility, at least one staff member of the same gender as the youth on duty at the facility.
History
History: CR 20-030: cr. Register October 2021 No. 790, eff. 11-1-21.