Section 325.21605. Other specialized services.

A mental illness nursing home or  nursing  facility   shall comply with all of the following:

(a)    Provide an organized program of diversional activities and training services required to meet the needs of individual mentally ill patients, particularly those who exhibit aberrant behavior. Such programs, in accordance with the needs of individual patients, shall be consistent with the patient's physical condition, level of  functioning, and mental capacity.

(b)      Provide necessary arrangements to obtain other specialized diagnostic services and forms of therapy as may be required by the individual patient.

(c)    Keep the state hospital, which is designated by the department of mental health, in the home's or facility's area advised on a monthly basis, by mail, of the availability of beds for the care of patients and the name of the physician specialist on its staff.

History: 1981 AACS.