Section 325.21404. Nursing services.

(1) In addition to all licensure requirements for a skilled nursing facility, a child care home or a child care unit shall employ sufficient nursing personnel to provide continuous 24-hour nursing care to meet the needs of each patient in the nursing home.

(2)   The director of nursing in a child care home or the charge nurse on duty in the daytime in a child care unit shall be a registered nurse who, in the opinion of the director, is qualified to supervise pediatric nursing care.

(3)   A charge nurse who is either a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse shall be on duty at all times during a shift in a child care home or unit. She shall receive regular inservice training in pediatric nursing care.

(4)   Nursing personnel assigned to provide care to  children  who  are patients in the home shall not be assigned to provide care to adult patients in the home on the same shift.

(5)   A patient shall not be physically punished.

(6)   A restraint shall not be used unless ordered by the physician for a specified and limited time or as necessitated by emergency.

(7)     A patient's identity shall be displayed on his or her person by 1 or more commonly used methods of patient identification.

History: 1981 AACS.