Section 325.20703. Nursing personnel.

(1) A licensed nurse shall have immediately available evidence of a valid and current license or permit required by the state of Michigan.

(2)   A person employed in the home to give nursing care shall be not less than 17 years of age, except that a student in a board of education-approved cooperative educational  program may  provide  nursing care under supervision of a licensed nurse.

(3)   A person employed in the home to give nursing care on  the  night shift shall be not less than 18 years of age.

(4)   A person shall not be assigned to duty on the night shift if  that person has been on duty either in the home or any other place of business during the preceding 8 hours, but may assume temporary duty on the night

shift if the facility has made every reasonable effort to otherwise eliminate a staffing emergency.

(5)    A member of the nursing staff shall not be deemed to be on duty unless awake, fully dressed, and on the premises.

(6)   The administrator of the home shall not serve as the director of nursing in homes of 50 or more beds.

(7)   At all times during each shift, the home shall meet the minimum staffing requirements specified in the code.  For   the  purposes  of determining compliance with nursing personnel-to-patient ratios specified in the code or these rules, a member of the nursing staff who works less than 2 continuous hours shall be counted as part of a full-time equivalent personnel only if such member was scheduled to work more than 2 continuous hours.

History: 1981 AACS; 1983 AACS; 1986 AACS.