rules and regulations for assisted living facilities level ii - Arkansas ...

. Must have a high school diploma or have a GED;
c. Must have the ability and agree to comply with these regulations;
d. Must successfully complete a criminal background check pursuant
to Ark. Code Ann. § 20-33-201, et seq. and in accordance with the
Rules and Regulations for Conducting Criminal Record Checks for
Employees of Long Term Care Facilities;
e. Must not have been convicted, or have a substantiated report, of
abusing, neglecting, or mistreating persons, or misappropriation of
resident property. An inquiry with the Adult Maltreatment Central
Registry (form APS 0001), maintained by the Department of
Human Services, Division of Aging and Adult Services shall be
checked prior to employment;
f. Must have no prior conviction pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 20-
10-401, or relating to the operation of a long term care;
g. Must be certified as an Assisted Living Facility Administrator
through a certification program approved by the OLTC or must be
enrolled in a certification program with an expected completion
date within four (4) months of hire. Administrators who are not
certified within this time period may no longer work as an Assisted
Living Facility Administrator.
504.2.1.4 Full time means forty (40) hours per week during normal business hours.
Part time means twenty (20) hours or more, but less than forty (40) hours,
during normal business hours. When a structure or building houses more
than one type of long-term care facility, a single administrator may be
employed for all the long-term care programs housed within that structure,
building or premises, provided:
a. The person employed as administrator must meet the qualifications
for, and be currently licensed or certified as, an administrator for
each type of long-term care facility for which he or she will act as
administrator;
b. A second administrator shall be employed part-time when:
1. The total number of beds for all long-term care programs
within the facility is more than seventy (70), and
2. The number of beds for each long-term care program
within the facility is more than twenty (20) per program;
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