10A NCAC 13D .2802      social services

(a)  The facility shall provide medically-related social services to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident.

(b)  The administrator shall designate an employee to be responsible full-time for social services.

(c)  A facility with more than 120 nursing beds shall employ on a full time basis, a social worker who has:

(1)           a Bachelor's degree in social work or a Bachelor's degree in a human services field, including sociology, special education, rehabilitation counseling, or psychology; and

(2)           one year of supervised social work experience in a health care setting working directly with patients.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 131E‑104;

RRC objection due to lack of statutory authority Eff. July 13, 1995;

Eff. January 1, 1996;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 22, 2015;

Readopted Eff. August 1, 2026.