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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 22. Social Services |
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Agency 40. Department of Social Services |
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Chapter 72. Standards for Licensed Assisted Living Facilities |
Section 1050. Environmental precautions
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A. Special environmental precautions shall be taken by the facility to eliminate hazards to the safety and well-being of residents with serious cognitive impairments who cannot recognize danger or protect their own safety and welfare. Examples of environmental precautions include signs, carpet patterns and arrows that point the way, and reduction of background noise.
B. When there are indications that ordinary materials or objects may be harmful to a resident with a serious cognitive impairment who cannot recognize danger or protect his own safety and welfare, these materials or objects shall be inaccessible to the resident except under staff supervision.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 23, Issue 06, eff. December 28, 2006.