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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-10-1405

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Acts 1999, No. 1529, § 5; 2005, No. 1411, § 4.

(1) An employee designated as a member of the direct-care staff shall not be required to provide services such as food preparation, housekeeping, laundry, or maintenance services except as necessary to maintain a safe and sanitary environment.

(2) Persons employed to provide additional services such as food preparation, housekeeping, laundry, or maintenance services shall not be counted in determining the staffing ratios required by this subchapter unless the persons are qualified to serve as and specifically scheduled in a direct-care capacity.

(3) A person employed to provide additional services shall count toward the direct-care staffing ratios only for the time in which the facility can document that the person provides direct-care services.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.