Residents' Rights, Resident Funds and Electronic Monitoring
About 8 of every 50 questions on a Missouri NHA State Exam practice exam come from this topic.
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What to know
Missouri residents' rights come from RSMo 198.088 and the department's rule, 19 CSR 30-88.010. Residents must receive their rights in understandable terms, review them annually, and be told in writing of services and charges, and at admission and yearly of emergency-care policies and advance directive laws. They may choose their own physician, refuse treatment, and join experimental research only with informed written consent. Transfer or discharge is allowed only for medical reasons, welfare, or nonpayment, with 30 days' written notice and hearing rights, except in emergencies. Residents must be free from abuse, including verbal abuse, corporal punishment and involuntary seclusion, and from restraints unless a physician authorizes them in writing or an emergency requires them. Grievances go to a full-time staff designee within 14 days, with written findings within three days. Under 19 CSR 30-88.020, a facility holding residents' funds keeps them separate, credits interest monthly, limits petty cash to $50 per resident, returns funds within five days of discharge, records gifts of $10 or more, and posts a bond of at least 1.5 times the average monthly balance. Under 19 CSR 30-91.010, residents may use authorized electronic monitoring in their rooms after completing the request form.
Where it comes from
- Mo. Rev. Stat. ยง 198.088
- 19 CSR 30-88.010
- 19 CSR 30-88.020
- 19 CSR 30-91.010
Try a practice question
Which item must a long-term care facility retain and make available for public inspection at the facility?
- AA list of everyone holding a property interest in the facility, with addresses and occupations
- BThe clinical records of all current residents, with resident names removed
- CThe facility's federal and state income tax returns for the last three years
- DThe personnel file of each nurse and nursing assistant on staff, including all of their pay records
Show the answer
A list of everyone holding a property interest in the facility, with addresses and occupations. The facility must keep for public inspection a list of the names, addresses and occupations of all individuals with a property interest in it, along with the department's official notifications. Staff files, resident records and tax returns are not on that list.
19 CSR 30-88.010(1)
Ready for a full run? The Missouri Nursing Home Administrator State Exam Practice Test is 50 questions in 120 minutes, scored at 75%. For the official exam's details, see Missouri Nursing Home Administrator License Exam Requirements.