12VAC35-46-810. Health care procedures.
A. The provider shall implement written procedures for promptly:
1. Providing or arranging for the provision of medical and dental services for health problems identified at admission;
2. Providing or arranging for the provision of routine ongoing and follow-up medical and dental services after admission;
3. Providing emergency services for each resident; and
4. Providing emergency services for any resident in crisis, including procedures for crisis or clinical stabilization and immediate access to appropriate internal and external resources, including a provision for obtaining physician and mental health clinical services.
B. The following written information concerning each resident shall be readily accessible to staff who may have to respond to a medical or dental emergency:
1. Name, address, and telephone number of the physician and dentist to be notified;
2. Name, address, and telephone number of a relative or other person to be notified;
3. Medical insurance company name and policy number or Medicaid number;
4. Information concerning:
a. Use of medication;
b. All allergies, including medication allergies;
c. Substance abuse and use; and
d. Significant past and present medical problems; and
5. Written permission for emergency medical care, dental care, and obtaining immunizations or a procedure and contacts for obtaining consent.
Statutory Authority
§§ 37.2-203 and 37.2-408 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 21, eff. August 6, 2009; amended, Virginia Register Volume 41, Issue 18, eff. June 19, 2025.