K.A.R. 30-60-41

Article 60 — Licensing of Community Mental Health Centers: 30-60-41 Personnel policies and procedures.

This regulation requires Community Mental Health Centers licensed in Kansas to adopt and maintain written personnel policies and procedures covering staff rights, duties, and responsibilities. At a minimum, these policies must include written job descriptions reviewed regularly, annual written performance evaluations, requirements for professional staff to maintain skills necessary to meet consumer needs, and guidelines for employing consumers (clients) as staff. All personnel policies and any amendments must be made available for inspection by all staff members.

Kansas Administrative Regulations

Kansas Department for Children and Families

Article 60.—Licensing of Community Mental Health Centers

30-60-41. Personnel policies and procedures.

(a) Each licensee shall adopt and adhere to written personnel policies and procedures providing for the rights, duties, and responsibilities of all members of the licensee's staff.

(b) These policies and procedures shall require the following, at a minimum:

(1) That a written job description exist for each position and that it be reviewed by supervisory staff with the employee and revised on a regular basis;

(2) that each employee will receive, at least annually, a written performance evaluation based upon the duties and responsibilities assigned to that staff member within the job description for that position;

(3) that any professional staff obtain and maintain the skills necessary to meet the individual needs of the consumers to whom the licensee provides services; and

(4) at any time a consumer is employed by a licensee, that the licensee will abide by guidelines for the employment of consumers that may be established by the division. These guidelines shall be available from the division, and each licensee shall be responsible for obtaining these guidelines from the division.

(c) All personnel policies and procedures that a licensee adopts, including any amendments to those policies and procedures, shall be made available for inspection by all members of the staff.

(Authorized by K.S.A. 
75-3307b
; implementing K.S.A. 
39-1603
, 
39-1604
(d), 
39-1608
(a) and (c), 
65-4434
(f), and 
75-3304a
; effective Oct. 28, 1991; amended July 7, 2003.)

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