NC Register Volume 9 Issue 15 - Office of Administrative Hearings
NC Register Volume 9 Issue 15 - Office of Administrative Hearings
NC Register Volume 9 Issue 15 - Office of Administrative Hearings
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PROPOSED RULES<br />
and<br />
(6) environment.<br />
(b) With the exception <strong>of</strong> the circumstances<br />
listed below the client must be seen personally by<br />
the social worker as many times as is<br />
necessary to<br />
do a thorough assessment in the six areas, but a<br />
minimum <strong>of</strong> one time. The personal contact may<br />
be in a setting other than the client's<br />
home, if the<br />
client or others can provide the necessary information<br />
for an assessment <strong>of</strong> the client's living environment,<br />
and, if during the course <strong>of</strong> the assessment,<br />
it does not appear that in-home services will<br />
be needed or appropriate as an alternative to<br />
placement or as an interim service plan.<br />
(c) For the following situations, an assessment<br />
must be done as thoroughly as possible with<br />
information and resources available to the social<br />
worker, without requiring personal contact with<br />
the client to complete the assessment.<br />
(1) a client who is not currently living in<br />
the county in which the application is<br />
made;<br />
(2) a client who is in an emergency situation,<br />
where a placement is needed<br />
quickly and personal contact would be<br />
a barrier to achieving a quick placement;<br />
(3) a client whose case is being transferred<br />
f-Fefij<br />
one social— worker to — another<br />
within the agency or referred by another<br />
service provider or facility , and an<br />
original assessment which addresses all<br />
six functional areas is available. This<br />
assessment must be updated to reflect<br />
current information^ f<br />
ffr a client who i s already in a facility and<br />
is<br />
requesting Adult Placement Services,<br />
and an original assessment which ad<br />
dresses all six functional areas is avail<br />
able.— Thi s as sessment must be updated<br />
to<br />
reflect current information.<br />
(d) Documentation must reflect the reason the<br />
client was not seen personally in conducting the<br />
assessment.<br />
Statutory Authority G.S.<br />
143B-<strong>15</strong>3.<br />
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iiotice is hereby given in accordance with G.S.<br />
<strong>15</strong>0B-21.2 that the Social Services Commission<br />
intends to amend rule cited as 10 <strong>NC</strong>AC 42<br />
.3601.<br />
1 he proposed effective date <strong>of</strong> this action is<br />
March 1, 1995.<br />
1 he public hearing will be conducted at 10:00<br />
a.m. on December 7, 1994 at the Albemarle<br />
Building, Room 443-2, 325 North Salisbury Street,<br />
Raleigh, <strong>NC</strong> 27603.<br />
MVeason for Proposed Action: To eliminate the<br />
reference to the Internal Review Committee in the<br />
rule due to a proposed change in process.<br />
Ksomment Procedures:<br />
Comments may be presented<br />
in<br />
writing anytime before or at the public<br />
hearing or orally at the hearing. Time limits for<br />
oral remarks may be imposed by the Commission<br />
Chairman. Any person may request copies <strong>of</strong> this<br />
rule by calling or writing to Ms. Sharnese<br />
Ransome, Division <strong>of</strong> Social Services, 325 N.<br />
Salisbury Street, Raleigh, <strong>NC</strong> 27603, (919) 733-<br />
3055.<br />
CHAPTER 42 - INDIVIDUAL<br />
AND FAMDLY SUPPORT<br />
SUBCHAPTER 42C - LICENSING<br />
OF FAMILY CARE HOMES<br />
SECTION .3600 - ADMINISTRATIVE<br />
PENALTY DETERMINATION<br />
PROCESS<br />
.3601 ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY<br />
DETERMINATION PROCESS<br />
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The county department <strong>of</strong> social services<br />
shall identify areas <strong>of</strong> non compliance resulting<br />
from an investigation or monitoring visit which<br />
may be violations <strong>of</strong> residents' rights contained in<br />
Gt&— 131D 21 — et — rules — contained — m—this<br />
Subchapter.— If the county department decides to<br />
recommend an administrative penalty as defined in<br />
G.S. 13 ID 3 4 , it shall prepare an administrative<br />
penalty proposal for submission to the Division <strong>of</strong><br />
Facility Services. The proposal shall include<br />
documentation that the facility administrator was<br />
notified— <strong>of</strong> the — county — department's — intent—te<br />
prepare and forward— em — administrative penalty<br />
proposal to the Division <strong>of</strong> Facility— Services;<br />
<strong>of</strong>fered—an opportunity—te provide— additional<br />
information prior—te—the preparation—ef-—the<br />
proposal; after the proposal is prepared, given a<br />
copy <strong>of</strong> the contents <strong>of</strong> the proposal; and then<br />
extended an opportunity to request a local confer<br />
1171 NORTH CAROLINA REGISTER November 1, 1994 9:<strong>15</strong>