Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions
Section 19a-562g. - Calculation of nurses and nurse's aides providing direct patient care. Daily posting. Public availability of information.

(a) Each nursing home facility shall calculate on a daily basis, for the purposes of posting the information required under subsection (b) of this section, the total number of nurses and nurse's aides providing direct patient care to residents of the nursing home facility. In calculating the total number, a nursing home facility shall not include any nurse or nurse's aide who is on transportation duty and who is not providing direct patient care for the primary portion of his or her shift or any nurse or nurse's aide who is categorized as a member of the nursing home facility's management or administration and who is not providing direct patient care for the primary portion of his or her shift.

(b) Each nursing home facility shall post, in accordance with 42 CFR 483.35(g), the following information on a daily basis at the beginning of each shift, in a legible format and in a conspicuous place readily accessible to and clearly visible by residents, employees and visitors of the nursing home facility, including, but not limited to, persons in a wheelchair:
(1) Name of the nursing home facility;
(2) Date;
(3) Total number of (A) advanced practice registered nurses, (B) registered nurses, (C) licensed practical nurses, and (D) nurse's aides, who will be responsible for direct patient care during the shift;
(4) Total number of hours such (A) advanced practice registered nurses, (B) registered nurses, (C) licensed practical nurses, and (D) nurse's aides are scheduled to work during the shift; and
(5) Total number of nursing home facility residents.
(c) In addition to the information posted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, each nursing home facility shall post the following information on a daily basis, at the beginning of each shift, in a legible format and in a conspicuous place readily accessible to and visible by residents, employees and visitors of the nursing home facility, including, but not limited to, persons in a wheelchair:
(1) The minimum number of nursing home facility staff per shift that is required by the regulations of Connecticut state agencies to be responsible for providing direct patient care to residents of the nursing home facility; and
(2) The telephone number or Internet web site that a resident, employee or visitor of the nursing home facility may use to report a suspected violation by the nursing home facility of a regulatory requirement concerning staffing levels and direct patient care.
(d) Each nursing home facility shall, upon oral or written request, make the daily information posted pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section available to the public for review. The nursing home facility shall retain such information for not less than eighteen months from the date such information was posted.
(P.A. 19-89, S. 2.)

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