Pa. Code 5310.14

Personnel management

This section requires Community Residential Rehabilitation Services (CRRS) to establish and maintain written personnel policies and procedures covering recruitment, compensation, benefits, disciplinary procedures, staff development, nondiscrimination, and civil rights complaints. Facilities must maintain written job descriptions for all positions and provide copies to staff at hiring and upon any changes. Staff must undergo physical examinations prior to employment and every two years thereafter, including tuberculosis screening and communicable disease clearance. Policies governing volunteers and students must also be developed and implemented.

55 Pa. Code § 5310.14 - Personnel management 

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(a)
 The
 community residential rehabilitation service (CRRS) must establish and
 implement written personnel policies and procedures which cover: 
 
(1)
 Recruitment, selection, and promotion of
 staff.

(2)
 Utilization of
 volunteers and students, if applicable.

(3)
 Wage and salary administration.

(4)
 Employe benefits.

(5)
 Working hours.

(6)
 Disciplinary procedures.

(7)
 Table of organization.

(8)
 Performance evaluation.

(9)
 Employe accidents and safety.

(10)
 Agency mechanisms for staff development
 through in-service and out-service training and professional
 consultation.

(11)
 Assurance of
 nondiscrimination in personnel practice on the basis of age, race, color,
 religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, handicap, union membership, or
 high school equivalency.

(12)
 A
 civil rights complaint procedure.

(b)
 Personnel policies must be compiled,
 updated, and made available to all staff.

(c)
 Written job descriptions must be
 established and maintained for all positions and must include: 
 
(1)
 Job title.

(2)
 Tasks and responsibilities of the
 job.

(3)
 Qualifications.

(4)
 Title of the supervisor.

(5)
 Title of subordinates, if any.

(d)
 Each staff member must be
 provided with a copy of his job description at the time of hiring and whenever
 the job description is changed.

(e)

 Each staff member is required to have a physical examination within 6 months
 prior to employment and every 2 years thereafter. 
 
(1)
 The examination report must include
 screening for tuberculosis and other communicable diseases, a statement from
 the physician that the staff member has no contagious diseases, and information
 on any medical problems which might interfere with the health of the
 clients.

(2)
 Written policies must
 ensure that employes with symptoms or signs of communicable diseases are not
 permitted to work without authorization from the physician.

(f)
 When a CRRS uses volunteers or
 students, or both, in its operation, written policies and procedures for
 volunteers or students, or both, must be developed and provided to the
 volunteers/students and to staff.

(g)
 Each volunteer/student must be assigned a
 staff supervisor and must have the qualifications required for the
 tasks/activities assigned.

Notes

55

 Pa. Code §
 
5310.14

This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
 
5310.91
 (relating to special
 requirements for community residential rehabilitation service (CRRS) serving
 child) and in 55 Pa. Code §
 
5310.102
 (relating to personnel
 management).

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